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- Control: Refocus Your Energy For True Happiness
Perfectionism often goes hand in hand with the excessive need for control. It’s true in my case and I suspect is a common characteristic for many lawyers. This correlation is explained in the aptly named Psychology Today article, Perfectionism and the Excessive Need for Control. The need for control … Read more »
- With A Little Help From My Friends: Perfectionism, Chronic Illness and the Struggle to Delegate
In my post, Good Enough: Striving for Excellence Not Perfection, I shared a story about folding towels. As I explained, my husband and I fold towels differently and I viewed his method as inferior to my ‘superior’ method. My solution was to take over the task of laundry completely for the last t … Read more »
- Watching the Wheels: Self-Perceived Burden and Toxic Productivity
Some of you may have caught a throwaway line in my last post, Toxic: Redefining Stresslaxing as Toxic Productivity. About halfway through I rather casually mentioned that having a chronic illness just exacerbated my stresslaxing tendencies. It has been my experience that many of my unhealthy tendenc … Read more »
- Toxic: Redefining Stresslaxing as Toxic Productivity
Funny how you can look back on something you wrote and not recognize the author. Over the Christmas break, I reread many of my past posts and was surprised that they came from me. I guess I’ve had some growth since I launched this little blog in 2022! But after a rather stressful week, the explana … Read more »
- You’re My Best Friend: Making Yourself ‘The’ Priority
I woke up bone-tired yesterday. I’m usually a morning person but I just wanted to stay under the covers. The extreme cold hitting the Prairies this week didn’t help. The old me would have just pushed through despite my body telling my I might need a break. I would have told myself I can rest on … Read more »