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Great idea. I suspect that if we lived in your territory, a few of us here would work just for the chance to see your beads *first*...

Deirdre

Believe me, this wasn't my idea. LOL!

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Well, it's a good one.

I am interested in what your 'workaholic' habits are about.

If I had to make a guess, I suspect they might be based on the feeling "If I work hard enough, do lots of things, and do them all well enough, I will finally satisfy X, and be valued..."

Which is a hamster wheel you can never reach the end of...you just run until you die of exhaustion.

Deirdre

I'll be happy to fly in one day a week (if plane fare would be part of my compensation package) - it would get me out of the house...

;o) *snicker!*

Mj

DANG!!! this is the first thing to make me wish I was still in Ohio in years!!!! Sarajane

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When I was a kid, if I was just sitting around reading or thinking or whatever, it was interpreted as my being 'lazy'. Dad's opinion. LOL! My poor mom was under the same scrutiny, and even though she has had MS since I was seven years old, she has always worked harder than anyone I've ever known.

I think part of it, too, is that I want to succeed. And that if I fail to succeed, I don't want to look back and think "Gee... If I had only worked harder..."

But I'm smarter now, and wiser and healthier. Working harder isn't always the answer. Working smarter is. And working smarter, for me, includes letting go of things that I don't need to do myself.

I feel very valued at this point in my life. By others, which is nice, but also by ME, which is essential.

Excellent. I think that valuing oneself is what frees you from the hamster wheel. But old habits die hard.

I think they loosen their hold gradually, but the trend toward more sane and self-caring behavior moves a bit faster when you do some kind of substitution of a positive, self-nurturing action for an old, habitual self-punishing one.

And when it comes to 'success', I don't think you need worry about having what it takes. You are self-disciplined, dedicated, you learn from experience. And success means so many things to so many people.

Having the kind of daily life that pleases me is my idea of the ultimate success. And the daily life I favor doesn't necessarily fit anyone else's definition.

Deirdre

I think the two of you would make a great partnership in art. What a combo...

Deirdre

Man I wish Toledo was closer to Asheville! Seriously.

Kathy K

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