It is worse than you think
Created: 2023-06-22 12:44
#mind
Our minds love to express self-pity. An ever growing TODO list, while you already have so much backlog on there… “Poor me, I’m never getting all this done.”
Recently I realized I get this strongly when I have much to do and I get interrupted with yet more things to do. This drains my energy to go against the thoughts of “I have to do everything here, can never get some time to myself”. Of course, this is my mind expressing self pity. Things are really not as bad as I make them out to be. Rather the low energy grumpy glasses I’ve got on at those times cloud how things really are.
But what if… this situation is even worse than I thought?
The growing TODO list is, in fact, infinite. If you would complete all tasks on there their completion would trigger other things that need to be done. The simple fact of moving forward in time triggers new TODOs.
Perhaps you fear the future. You may make a plan for certain paths, however anything could happen at any moment. The future is uncertain.
We’re particles in motion We can’t accept we’ve no control
VNV Nation, Electric Sun.
Once you’ve realized that the entire situation is way worse than what you think it is… you can relax. No need to try and save the plane if it has already crashed.
This may seem like nihilism, it is not, however. Because now you can define a goal and try to accomplish this goal, rather than trying to maintain an unrealistic standard.
Life is life. It is unpredictable. You may try to control this, but ultimately this is an insurmountable task. Better would be to go with the flow of life, rather than against.