Self Sabotage Anyone? / myLot

Philippines

September 5, 2015 3:14am CST

Imagine your dream getting shattered by yourself. After praying and wanting something for so long, when it's almost in front of you you suddenly don't go to that interview or that business meeting or even the audition you've marked on your calendar for weeks! Do you do this to yourself? It is a dreadful thing to have. Success has no place for people with this thinking and it is saddening because there are situations that I do this to myself.

I just did it earlier. And I know I've done this many times since I've been alive.

I enjoy taking risks and have succeeded when I pushed through but sometimes when the fear of the unknown takes over, and when doubt clouds the mind and that tiny little voice tells you "You're wasting your time!" then all your attempts and imagined efforts go down the drain. You freeze and don't do anything. I hate it when it happens. And so now I just wrote about it instead of trying.

Ah wasted opportunities...

Now I feel really bad.

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2 responses

theSids

@thesids (22180)

• Bhubaneswar, India

5 Sep 15

Nothing is a waste and if the theory is applied, there is nothing called missed opportunity. It is all - how you look at things. I have skipped a lot of interviews, even a couple of business meetings just because there were other things that interested me more at that time. No regrets. I enjoyed my time doing what I wanted. Hence I do not have the right to blame me or even regret. As for wasting time... well, I firmly believe there is nothing called Waste of Time. Read more here -

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Artgirl

@owstalaga (4825)

• Philippines

5 Sep 15

I have canceled meetings and interviews too but those were the ones I didn't really feel was aligned to what I needed to do. Maybe this was just the laziness and the comfort of doing nothing that kicked in. I dunno.

Looks like I'm gonna feel bad for a few more hours.

theSids

@thesids (22180)

• Bhubaneswar, India

5 Sep 15

@owstalaga aw c'mon. Dont feel bad. At least not attending the meeting satisfied your comfort. If you can manage, have a cup of your favorite drink and I am sure you would start feeling better.