So Stressed

4:29 PM

Whew. To say I am stressed is not enough. I am extremely stressed and pressured. Maybe not as bad as others may have it, but when I get this kind of feeling, I do everything I can to resolve it. So far every life issue I've encountered while experiencing this kind of stress and pressure that overwhelms me, I have been able to overcome. But it sure is stressful.

I am just under a lot of self-pressure to succeed. I am doing well in all areas of life, from my health, work, family, relationships, friends, hobbies, etc. I am doing well in all of them, as in, none of them are in a negative state, and are all probably well above average. The problem is that I am so stressed because I want to do more to succeed.

Maybe I shouldn't even write about what I'm trying, because I did that for working out, losing weight, getting abs, and I did not achieve those things after writing them down. Maybe after writing them down, maybe I feel like I had already accomplished them in my mind, and therefore did not accomplish them in reality. When I was in high school, I did see that one TED Talk about not sharing your goals, but it's not absolutes. I think it was like a 30% less likelyhood of achieving their goals if they shared it with people. I found the TED talk again, it's called "keep your goals to yourself | Derek Sivers" I'm going to rewatch it now.

Well the video makes a very compelling case for not sharing your goals with people. I think I'm not going to do that this time. Just that whatever I'm working on, is stressing me the heck out. I'm under a lot of internal and self-pressure. So stressed.