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I wasted a lot of time yesterday... 11 months ago

...by this definition:

Wasting time is doing anything that does not contribute to my goals.

I was restless, irritable, and discontent with myself and my goals and my internal conflicts between wanting to make progress and not wanting to face my fears and leave my comfort zone. I spent A LOT of time mindlessly surfing on the net yesterday. I don’t remember where all I went, but by the end of the afternoon I stumbled across some great articles on conflict management. Maybe part of that information can help me face some of my own internal conflicts. Maybe I’ll have to also ask for some extra help with this. But maybe that part wasn’t quite such a waste of time after all.

EDIT: This is not an excuse, but I just remembered that part of the problem yesterday was that I did not sleep very well the night before. Hmmmm…



Comments:

calypte snowed in!!!

do you have links

for those articles, still?

I totally know what you mean, though – there’s relaxation and then there’s totally just wasting time!

New Isabella is wishing you a Merry Christmas and/or a happy holiday...

Here they are:

I completely agree that mindless web-surfing is a good way to relax AFTER I’ve spent some time working on my goals, but not before.

Here’s the main website: Articles and lectures by Susan Heitler. She is a therapist who practices in Denver and specializes in marriage counseling. Since I went through a divorce recently, I have done a lot of reading in this area, and I think a lot of my current hang-ups are unresolved conflicts from my marriage.

The one article that really goes into her style of working with conflict resolution is the one titled “Conflict Resolution for Counselors and Couples.” It mentions 4 different types of conflicts: Inner, Interpersonal, Intergroup, and Reality (i.e. conflict with an external situation), but it focuses on resolving interpersonal conflict between couples. I think that I have a conflict with Reality, with adjusting to my current situation post-divorce, and probably also an Inner conflict within myself to resolve. I also thought some of the other articles had some useful information.

Best wishes. Maybe we can work together to resolve our conflicts and get more done.


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