My therapist: just because you made a plan doesn’t mean you’ll always follow it perfectly, and that’s okay. It’s better to follow a plan cursorily than not at all.
Me, sobbing: THAT WAS AN OPTION???
Oh, this is super important.
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When trying new coping strategies or learning a new habit, you’ll fail. Possibly many many times.
But that’s alright! No one just PICKS it up immediately.
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You’re trying to learn to do it sometimes, and then occasionally, and then more oftenthan not, and finally every time!
Similarly, you might fail in any plan or timetable you’re trying to use.
But that’s alright!
As OP’s therapist said, it doesn’t have to be perfect! In fact, no one can pick it up immediately.
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Doing things OCCASIONALLY is better than not doing it at all.
Doing things LATE is better than not doing it at all.
Doing things PARTIALLY is better than not doing it at all.
Also don’t aim for perfection. Just aim for as best you can, ideally a little better than last time. But? There will be ups and downs. That isn’t a flaw in you or your techniques, it’s just how people work.
Indeed.
Let me also post OP’s tags cause it had another good point.
You control your timetable, it doesn’t control you!
You can follow it and stop following it as you want.
It doesn’t control you. You control it.
It’s not a restriction but a guide. Don’t follow if you don’t want to. Don’t feel obligated.
This is so important
Also, if you’re planning to do something for 30 days, is it not nessecerally to do it 30 days in a row. 7+ 1 not +23 works just fine. It is better than 7 stop
