dude, regarding the anxiety: I am right there with you, for, lo, I do the same thing, even though I know it's very very counterproductive.
The only thing I've found that works, also, is to just FORCE myself to do something (usually that something is opening the resume file on the computer, and even that sentence sort of makes me feel sweaty and horrible.) But! once I do it [and the world doesn't end and no one knocks down my door to tell me I suck, or whatever kind of craziness I must be imagining to make me so averse to doing anything about it] it is much better.
I recommend lists. and schedules. or even a post-it note. Because if I say, all right, tomorrow, I will spend FIFTEEN MINUTES dealing with this...um, I do, and then I feel better about it, and it's okay.
But you're in the stage where you cannot do anything, and that's okay, too. Exercise. It helps.
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Date: 2004-09-14 07:10 pm (UTC)The only thing I've found that works, also, is to just FORCE myself to do something (usually that something is opening the resume file on the computer, and even that sentence sort of makes me feel sweaty and horrible.) But! once I do it [and the world doesn't end and no one knocks down my door to tell me I suck, or whatever kind of craziness I must be imagining to make me so averse to doing anything about it] it is much better.
I recommend lists. and schedules. or even a post-it note. Because if I say, all right, tomorrow, I will spend FIFTEEN MINUTES dealing with this...um, I do, and then I feel better about it, and it's okay.
But you're in the stage where you cannot do anything, and that's okay, too. Exercise. It helps.