Let Go Of the Guilt From Not Getting Things Done

It happens to all of us: we don’t get done what we hoped to get done, then we feel stressed or guilty about it.

It’s time to let that go, because it’s not helping us.

We can build resiliency around this, with a little mental training. And it will help us in magical ways.

Think about whether you’ve done any of these things:

• Set out to do a certain habit (exercise, eating, meditation, writing) and then didn’t do it as planned. You feel guilty, disappointed in yourself, or just stressed.
• Had a list of things you need to get done, and then didn’t get most of them done. This just added to your stress.
• Planned to work on a project, or do some writing … and then procrastinated. Again, you felt guilty, disappointed or stressed.
• Hoped to change your patterns, like eating or how you talk to others or how you practice mindfulness. Then everything goes to crap and you feel disappointed.

There are thousands of variations on these, but the main theme is that things didn’t go as you’d hoped, and that causes disappointment, guilt, stress.

Source:Mental Resiliency: Letting Go of the Guilt of Not Getting Things Done