Embarking on a new self-improvement phase...

[jonesg]

Originally Posted by JrzDefector

Thanks, guys. It's been an interesting year, that's for sure!

Your therapist is trying to tell you something.

[JrzDefector]

Originally Posted by jonesg

Your therapist is trying to tell you something.

jonesg! You can always be counted on for the cryptic and snide.

[silibran]

I think your idea of reading books that deal with personal development is a good one. You can personalize what you discover when you reflect, and in sessions with your therapist.

I admire you for doing the work you are doing on yourself. What you are doing takes courage and grit.

[jonesg]

Originally Posted by JrzDefector

jonesg! You can always be counted on for the cryptic and snide.

For some the light of truth shines.
For others it merely burns.

[JrzDefector]

Originally Posted by jonesg

For some the light of truth shines.
For others it merely burns.

Truth?
I think your passive aggressiveness endangers your sobriety.

[JrzDefector]

Originally Posted by silibran

I think your idea of reading books that deal with personal development is a good one. You can personalize what you discover when you reflect, and in sessions with your therapist.

I admire you for doing the work you are doing on yourself. What you are doing takes courage and grit.

Less courage and grit and more I needed to take all this to the next level to keep up with my life. I don't really think I have a choice. I had someone basically ask me to mentor them the other day, for example. First of all, that got me thinking "OMFG, I'm so OLD..." and the second thought was "holy crud, I gotta get my act together and stop futzing around."

But yeah, reading and then kind of discussing with my therapist was the idea. Thanks!

[jonesg]

Originally Posted by JrzDefector

Truth?
I think your passive aggressiveness endangers your sobriety.

It's better to understand than to be understood.

[silibran]

Originally Posted by JrzDefector

Less courage and grit and more I needed to take all this to the next level to keep up with my life. I don't really think I have a choice. I had someone basically ask me to mentor them the other day, for example. First of all, that got me thinking "OMFG, I'm so OLD..." and the second thought was "holy crud, I gotta get my act together and stop futzing around."

But yeah, reading and then kind of discussing with my therapist was the idea. Thanks!

Plenty of people will not do the self work to improve themselves. I have been reading about Jung, the psychologist. He believed that you could continue toward what he termed individuation throughout your life. I want to learn more about his thinking and work. At any rate, I wish you well on your journey.