Comments on: Breaking Patterns on a Saturday Afternoon (and What Happened)

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:40:43 +0000

Aha! that's the perfect sentence I was looking for: “Stay on track, because personal development is messy.” Its funny because those annoyances that happened to you were little ones, didn't ruin your life in any way. But they are annoying! especially when you are trying to make changes and have to make the effort. And this is the moment where a lot of people get stuck and give up almost right away. As you say, just regroup and try again. Calibrate I say, but keep going.
Thank you for sharing :)
Elizabeth.

By: Jeffrey Tang

Jeffrey Tang — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:22:50 +0000

Haha, I suppose I did get a nice post out of it. Made my girlfriend giggle, at least :) I think (as in many things) personal development needs balance. On one hand, we need to hear the “magical” side of things, where the anecdotes are inspiring and everything falls into place. That keeps us motivated. On the other hand, we also need to experience the messy bits, where sagely advice meets life head on. There's magic in that, too … it's just a little harder to find.

By: Jeffrey Tang

Jeffrey Tang — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:20:47 +0000

Life has this nasty (or wonderful, depending on how you see it) way of deviating from our scripts, doesn't it? I like the description of triumphs being sandwiched in the middle of messiness.

I think it's okay to get discouraged every now and then. When I feel discouraged, I just sleep on it; most of the time, I feel much better come morning.

By: Patty @ Why Not Start Now?

Patty @ Why Not Start Now? — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:37:48 +0000

Hey, you also got a great blog post out of the experience! And kudos to you for rousting yourself out of the routine. I don't do that enough. Maybe I think it will be easier, because, as you say, personal development advice makes it seem like a piece of cake. I know better, of course, but that magic is still quite alluring.

By: Krishna

Krishna — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:05:51 +0000

"Stay on track, because personal development is messy". So true, Jeffrey, sometimes people get discouraged because their version of events is not as well scripted as the blog posts they read. But thats life, its not neatly scripted, is full of wrong turns. Triumphs come but they are sandwiched in the middle of lots of messiness :-).

All that matters is you stick to it and something good comes out in the end :-).

Cheers,
Krishna