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identify the top ten stressors in my life and systematically eliminate them one by one (read all 2 entries…)
top 1 - ?
2 years ago
- Not having enough money to do anything other than make ends meet. Worry about making ends meet by dipping into resources. —> see my get a part time job goal
- Worry about not being able to sustain enough paying work by the time employment insurance runs out in order to keep at the level I’m at now —> faith, grasshopper
- Worry about not making more money than that in the future, and what my financial status means to other people who could affect it in the here and now —> What I have to do is have a plan B and make sure that I have taken care of making enough money to live while I execute plan A. Put a time limit on plan A – and if I’m not achieving enough success that my status is suffering and it’s affecting opportunities by the time limit, make my changes.
- Having a pool of dating candidates that overwhelmingly fit into the Wizard of Oz paradigm: no brain, no heart, or much too shy – and yet having to go out there and face ‘em down and best-foot-forward anyway -> not much to do about this one, ya gotta do what ya gotta do
- Sucking at relationships with men so that when I do meet someone who suits me, I can’t build and maintain his interest with ease and he starts doling out the goofballs, putting me on the defensive, wearing down my mental health resources, making me susceptible to being humourless because it’s exhausting to have to think about how you act all the time and how you might be repeating old harmful patterns or whether you’re not good at breaking them or it’s really just him -> this is your bullshit, Miss, all you have to do is first keep a sense of humour and then be willing to communicate at any time about any thing. And lose him anyway if it’s not feeling good/worthwhile
- Not feeling on top of my game in any field, but in particular the fundraising for the rescue is one of them, especially wrt throwing a benefit concert -> call a volunteer meeting and finally start banging down the details on the benefit concert
- The fat ugly woman with the overviolent tendencies and hypocritical “sportsmanship” stances at rollerderby whose presence discourages me from going to two-team practices because I loathe her -> forget about her and just go. No one likes her anyway.
- Not having a gym to go to – a multi-purpose house of body worship where I can stretch, lift, punch, stride my way to less stress and greater accomplishment of my goals – and a less-sore back I might add! -> clearly I just have to find a gym and find the money to pay for it, and before I do, enjoy “sample” days where you get to try it out for free
