Do what works for you. I'm confident that with time it will pass. I
found that when I started to live on-purpose, old so-called problems
vanished but it wasn't as a result of my using goals as a distraction.
I just had a much larger context for life and these things just seemed
petty and irrelevant, so they left. I am glad you are going to follow
your dream. Be happy!

Mark

--- In bylto@yahoogroups.com, "theflyingman2003" <afoong@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> I work as a web designer, self employed. Since starting PD I've
> realised that I'm stuck in a job that I don't enjoy, and I'm starting
> uni again in psychology (my teenage dream) this year part time.
>
> Althought business is slow, I keep my self busy with meditation,
> working out, boxing (my other passion)...
>
> This might sound stupid, but I don't agree with working hard on my
> goals as a means of forgetting the past (I agree with working hard on
> the goals, don't get me wrong) - but I find that the moment my mind
> slows down, at night, for example, it all comes back anyway. I want to
> tackle this problem head to head.
>
> I guess my main problem is that I've been accumulating so much info on
> this, that I have too many things to use. The Work by Byron Katie,
> Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Power of NOW, etc etc. I am going to go
> back to observing it, accepting it. I realised since I started CBT and
> The Work, I've been making myself wrong for having these thoughts and
> thats making things worse.
>
> So...back to basics. It helps, I feel fine now. I'll wait till tonight
> to see if it works.
>
>
> --- In bylto@yahoogroups.com, "mcmanus_mark" <mark@> wrote:
> >
> > Flyingman, what do you do for a living? Are you kept busy all day? Do
> > you have goals that you are passionate about and bring excitement to
> > your life? Past hurts tend to stay where they are when you are living
> > on-purpose in the NOW.
> >
> >
>