Stories of a Wandering Mind – Part 3 – The Moral Approach

The Cycle of Self-Blame

 

“Maybe I was born lazy?”

“Maybe I just need to try harder?”

 

As wandering minds, we often consider our troubles moral in nature. Maybe we were somehow ”born lazy”.  If we could only muster more willpower or discipline, we’d be fine.

Holding things in mind “harder”, trying one list after the next, creating a sea of post-it notes, blaring reminders, and a barely balanced set of files on the desktop—all collapse into piles of incomplete projects and missed opportunities, ...