Yesterday I had a headache from the time I got up at 6:20am until almost 9:30 last night. Needless to say, I didn't bother trying to do the Tae-Bo workout that I missed Wednesday (Canada Day). Now I'm torn between pushing it and doing it both today and tomorrow to ensure three sessions this week, and giving myself a break after today like common sense would dictate (with the inception of things like the
30-Day Shred, when did the school of thought that muscles need time between work outs to recover fall by the wayside? Is that "wrong" now, or do people just disregard it?).
Of course, as is my M.O., I'm beating myself up over the fact that, what started out as another good week, took a header down the shitter. Instead of viewing it as one or two bad days (hell, even one bad week), I see this week as a complete write-off (and will continue to view it that way, even if I *do* end up Tae-Bo-ing today and tomorrow).
How do you get past the all-or-nothing mentality? That every misstep is an utter failure? How do you cut yourself some slack? I'm having a hard time being nice to myself right now...
I just started listening to an audiobook that gives some pretty good advice about the "all-or-nothing" mentality. It's called "The Pursuit of Perfect" and you can find it as a regular book too. I wouldn't call myself a perfectionist and yet this book points out various tendencies I have towards perfectionism that make me unhappy and ultimately fail me. I there's a lot of good food for thought in this and I think it might help you too. Good luck!
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