The last few weeks I haven’t spent much time working on my blog. The unexpected Summer heat in the Netherlands, but also being tired and going on a few short trips, were the main cause I didn’t spent much time online. I regularly blamed myself for that. As the eternal perfectionist, I ask way too much of myself, regardless of the circumstances. Where in this past Summer heatwave I would have said to a friend: ‘It makes sense you don’t get any work done now’ and ‘Take it easy’ I tell myself something like: “You could have done the dishes this morning/ written a piece for a new post/ find out how that plugin for your site works, because you are really not getting any work done this way.” And when I didn’t exercise for 2 weeks because I got a bit short of breath by the heat, I was quite bummed:”That’s not good for your muscles, Jan!” Do you recognize any of this negative self talk in your life? [Lees meer…] overBeing too hard on yourself
