I've been beating myself up over a stupid decision I made a month ago. It's one of those things that is over and done with and can't be changed. It's not life-threatening and there shouldn't be any fallout from it, but it was stupid and I regret it.
It's made me realize that I must not have a lot of regrets as a rule, as I have really been obsessing about this and generally feeling bad. Even though I know that worrying about it won't change it. I know that I have a clear understanding of where I went wrong. I know that I will not repeat this mistake in the future. I know I just have to get over my feelings of stupidity and move on.
Thing is, that's really difficult for someone as introspective as I happen to be. It's hard to stop thinking and analyzing every little thing. It's so difficult that I actually swung by the Self Hell isle recently for some therapy in the form of a book. And I think it has helped.
According to my self hell book, the answer to my habit of worrying is to find distractions. I'm thinking I need a beautiful distraction in the form of a new and challenging project. So, what to knit???
Ugh! I'm totally there with you. I did something stupid that caused me to lose my wallet that had way too much info in it and now I'm suffering the fallout from it. It sucks, so I feel ya. I won't be doing it again, but I think about the idiocy all the time.
Anyhow, I would say colorwork or lace considering the challenge of the project would make you focus more on it and less on the problem you had.
Posted by: Jes | March 27, 2008 at 04:06 PM