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Monday, March 17, 2008

Life is a Marathon



Focussing on small improvements – Life is a marathon, not a sprint

Anxiety sometimes made me feel ‘overwhelmed’ and ‘freaked out’. These feelings brought up worries about my future. These feelings also made it difficult for me to hold on to the dreams and the picture of the life that I want to have.

Focussing on the actual things that I need to do helped me to feel more relaxed and less self-conscious. It also helped to keep my eyes focussed on the ‘small improvements’. I had a tendancy of overdoing things and then got frustrated because I had put too much on my plate. Now I start to pace myself. I like to remind myself of the saying ‘Life is a marathon, not a sprint’.
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