What big task, project, chore, conversation have you been avoiding facing?
It’s one of the biggest problems in many people’s lives - procrastination is one word for it, but I’ve found that “avoiding” is more accurate. We have something we don’t want to tackle or face, and so we keep ourselves busy and distracted so we can avoid it.
Avoidance, of course, leads to a host of problems, including:
- If we avoid self-care, exercise, meditation, healthy eating, flossing … it leads to long-term health problems (including mental health stress).
- Things piling up can cause us to feel stress.
- Things not being taken care of can cause lots of difficulties as problems get worse.
- People might start to feel that we’re unreliable.
- We lose trust in ourselves, and we can often criticize ourselves and be harsh on ourselves.
The last problem, by the way, is something we can address with the practice of trying to always be kind to ourselves. Harshness on ourselves is not useful, and we can transform our relationship to ourselves by practicing kindness as consistently as we can.
But most of the problems above would be best address by getting good at facing and diving into what we’re avoiding.
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