Group Hug

Break: An interrupting or discontinuing of regularity.

I think that I am going to declare today "Give Myself a Fucking Break Day." I will try to accept the inevitable fact that I'm not going to get everything done, I'm not going to do everything perfectly, and there will be a whole slew of mistakes and missteps and omissions. My back may hurt, my brain may lock in a stupor, and feelings of inadequacy may descend. This is life in Normal World. This is what Normal People face every day. Immature, self-centered alcoholics living in Delusion Land think that they can skate through life without any difficulties.

When did I begin to labor under the impression that all of my days were going to be an error free cake walk? People make mistakes all of the time. Everybody does. While it's productive to learn from my mistakes, it is not helpful to wallow in them. It isn't OK to start the day depressed because I'm going to fall short.

Maybe I should take my whips and chains and those big metal balls with spikes coming out of them and put them in the trunk of my car. Life is tough enough without spending all of my free time beating the shit out of myself.

Give yourself a break.