Thanks everyone :)

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Thanks everyone :)
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Fri, 10-24-2003 - 3:54pm

Thanks for all your encouragement.

 

                        

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Fri, 10-24-2003 - 4:46pm

Sassy,


I just saw your post and had to look back at earlier posts to find out your story.

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Fri, 10-24-2003 - 5:34pm
I like that..."teach myself to relax". I'm still trying. Here's my newest thing to help me have some down time and relax...knitting. The most frustrating darn thing I have ever done. And I finally figured out why today. I continuously keep ripping everything out because I'm just not satisfied with it (I haven't knitted in years and years). Today in the office, when I had printed out 100 copies of the bulletin and another 100 were copying I said to my boss, "oh no, something seems off. I need to do it over". He just looked at me said he hadn't seen anything off. We just looked at each other. I looked back down at the bulletin and it appeared that the original just hadn't fed correctly or something and it was teeny bit sloping on one line at the bottom. I said, "never mind". He shook his head and walked away. I'm a product of my own psychosis with this strive for perfection. No wonder I'm a walking basket case! So, my plan tonight is to just sit down and gel out and pull my knitting out and just keep working on it, and not even pay attention to every stitch.

I'll teach myself to relax if it kills me!!!!

Sassy :)

 

                        

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Fri, 10-24-2003 - 7:42pm
That's a great compliment.

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Fri, 10-24-2003 - 8:15pm
I missed your post entirely about your medical problems?
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Sat, 10-25-2003 - 9:54am
I hope it all comes out ok. What a nice nurse. See how well your hard work pays off?

I know what you mean about the knitting and perfectionism. It took me forever to realize that I was doing that to myself. Actually, DH is the one who pointed it out to me while I was ripping out some stitches. He said, "It looks OK to me. Who's going to know besides you?" And he was right. Nothing and no one is perfect including me. But it is hard to teach that to yourself isn't it?

Lori

Lori

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Sat, 10-25-2003 - 11:07am

Why is it that we have such a hard time relaxing?

Nancy

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