Soooooo? How’d you do with your list?
Yes, I just had to start things off just . . . like . . . that. Because if you’re anything like me, it’s easy to put assignments off to another day when they’re more convenient to deal with. Until that convenient day conveniently NEVER comes. And, I don’t want you to be anything like me in that regard. As a matter of fact, I’m working hard to put the stronghold that procrastination has had on me to permanent sleepy-bye. We’ll see. It just so happens that being a procrastinator is one of those areas I personally need to address in my life.
I NEED HEALING FROM THIS, PEOPLE!
But, back to you. Did you start working on your list, or not?
Because that was the assignment from last week. And if the answer is “yes” but you have a few more sit-down sessions to go to empty out all the revelations you’re acknowledging about yourself, then I say . . . “keep the therapeutic writing process going.”
It is therapy, you know.
Coming to terms with areas in your life that need addressing — that whole problem recognition thing — is the start of something really great. Because how can you receive healing in your life when you don’t even recognize there’s something that needs fixing in the first place?
And if “no” to my question because you’re really busy, or procrastinating, or don’t know what I’m even blogging about here because you didn’t check out the last blog post . . .
. . . then, I need you to get on board, my friend, and check out the following gentle reminder to some and first-time read for others:
Writing Therapy Starts With Problem Recognition
Okay. And now, let’s keep this therapeutic writing train going. Needless to say, it takes a lot to unpack ourselves in front of ourselves. So, take your time.
The PROBLEM RECOGNITION step in writing therapy is a BIG ONE. It’s the step that starts all subsequent steps in this process.
Therefore, please give yourself the appropriate time needed to thoroughly uncover and discover all the intricacies of yourself that need some TLC. Because a lot of infection can be built up within problematic areas of life that have NEVER received any doctoring. That means no proper healing has taken place.
And, I don’t know about you; but I, personally, want a cleansing of my inner house. Not a complete overhaul, because some of the stuff in there is functioning really well. I just want to clean out those festering wounds that aren’t helping me to heal and to self-improve in my life.
For sure, all that self-deprecating and self-sabotaging stuff in there has to go. You know the kind of stuff I’m talking about. It’s the stuff that holds you back and keeps you stuck.
The bad habits you’ve picked up because of unfavorable circumstances and unexpected and unwanted situations that set obstacles in your path.
And then, there’s the stuff in there that’s been built up because of past hurts (within your inner and outer circles) that you’ve NEVER been able to fully get over.
Oh, and you can’t forget the stuff that you do to yourself repeatedly, when you can’t seem to give yourself some grace and room to fail but then learn from those failures.
I could go on and on about all the hidden, deep, dark stuff that we tuck away — stuff we think we can suppress and hide.
But, problematic stuff NEVER stays down and hidden forever. It’ll come out in some way, shape, or form.
GUARANTEED!
And boy, I sure hope my stuff can come out in a more constructive way (through writing therapy, perhaps) where I can identify it, acknowledge it as my stuff to take care of, and then proceed to take care of it in a self-improving sort of way.
So, I wrestled out my list, with the highest level of honesty and vulnerability I could muster up, jotting down those problematic areas in my life that need removing while taking note of those areas that need to be added in my life to get me to the place of the identity I’ve been called to assume.
“What identity do I want to assume?”
A question I want you to contemplate, but not in the way incorrigible, identity-thieving individuals do.
I want you to think of the question in the sense of what tendencies in my personal makeup do I need to get rid of, add, or work out to bring about the kind of person who has experienced the personal healing necessary to move forward (positively) in all areas of life.
We’ll explore “identity” next time, as we take our fleshed-out lists and start therapeutically finessing them.
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