Hello, and welcome to 2024! I hope you’re well-rested and ready for the year ahead.
Lately, I’ve been thinking about my extreme reactions to making mistakes. Last year was full of them — small and big. There were a lot of ugly tears each time something went wrong. Whether I misjudged a situation, lost something, missed an email or forgot to attend a scheduled Zoom meeting, I zoned in on the mistake and got obsessive with it. I find that I get especially self-destructive when I understand that I can’t fix a situation and that nothing can ‘undo’ the initial misstep.
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