1st April 2005
April Fool's day, 7:07pm.
I may just have made a new discovery: life-coaching may be the answer to cure my unhappiness.(Hmm, I'm wondering whether this is a joke on me).
Not that I'm prepared to spend any amount of money on a life-coach(I don't believe there are any qualified ones within 3000 kilometres of here, so novel a field it is).
One of the principles mentioned was learning how to love yourself, a thought which struck home immediately; in essence, I don't need to find someone to love me in order to be worthy of life.
Having someone to love me will be great, but it doesn't have to matter even if nobody does.
Most crucially, I have to love myself the way some ugly, yet happy people seem to radiate an internal contentment.
I have no idea why my endearing words seem to backfire on me, but I believe the answer lies in the realm of psychology generally, and in life coaching specifically.
I realise that I'm overly concerned with what people think of me. Fear of what people think of me is a big obstacle which I have to overcome as all the other obstacles I have overcome in my life.
Had a talk with my parents last night about my future plans, especially after leaving this current job. I realise I would have to get out of my comfort zone and confront challenges which I'm a little apprehensive about confronting in the first place.
Before I actually move to another career(hopefully one in which I'll enjoy the work involved) I'll use my savings to treat myself to a European vacation to lose myself and reflect on the meaning of life.
That is an investment I will willingly gift to myself, for having endured 4am factory bus cram-rides, queue-cutting savages and bosses from hell.
Life is easier from a vantage point of optimism.
I may just have made a new discovery: life-coaching may be the answer to cure my unhappiness.(Hmm, I'm wondering whether this is a joke on me).
Not that I'm prepared to spend any amount of money on a life-coach(I don't believe there are any qualified ones within 3000 kilometres of here, so novel a field it is).
One of the principles mentioned was learning how to love yourself, a thought which struck home immediately; in essence, I don't need to find someone to love me in order to be worthy of life.
Having someone to love me will be great, but it doesn't have to matter even if nobody does.
Most crucially, I have to love myself the way some ugly, yet happy people seem to radiate an internal contentment.
I have no idea why my endearing words seem to backfire on me, but I believe the answer lies in the realm of psychology generally, and in life coaching specifically.
I realise that I'm overly concerned with what people think of me. Fear of what people think of me is a big obstacle which I have to overcome as all the other obstacles I have overcome in my life.
Had a talk with my parents last night about my future plans, especially after leaving this current job. I realise I would have to get out of my comfort zone and confront challenges which I'm a little apprehensive about confronting in the first place.
Before I actually move to another career(hopefully one in which I'll enjoy the work involved) I'll use my savings to treat myself to a European vacation to lose myself and reflect on the meaning of life.
That is an investment I will willingly gift to myself, for having endured 4am factory bus cram-rides, queue-cutting savages and bosses from hell.
Life is easier from a vantage point of optimism.
posted by DP at
3:04 AM
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