Comments on: Doing “More” – Is It Healthy To Feel Like You Aren’t Doing Enough?

By: Grant

Grant — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 22:50:00 +0000

thats really interesting. also a lot of the time when I think I should be doing something its because I get something I want out of it. But its like its miserable until you get what you want. I try hard everyday not to want, want, want and its pretty hard for me. learning to take life slow is ++. Just going for the stuff you want, thinking you should be getting ahead, and being bored with most your time is, like you said, in itself a waist. I hope someday to get a job that I like, just like you that I can work my own hours and take a break when I feel needed. Life would seem a lot easier and I would have alot more excitment if I made my own responsibilities and put reasons behind the things I do. Sometimes I have this problem with money, thinking that I should always have it.

By: Somebody Else

Somebody Else — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:22:00 +0000

Thanks for this article. I know it was over a year ago, but I just came across it.
I have just spent the last week on vacation at home and I thought the torture would stop. I always have this feeling that I should be doing something else even if that something is the thing I last felt like I should be doing. It’s not the “something else with my life” thing entirely, although I have that too, but it’s specific things and I’m getting no contentment from this. Granted, I do ignore some of the things which I know build up within me.
Even though I’ve had a nice time off, I’m feeling awful right now, like it will be forever before I have the chance again. I so wish I could work out of the home as you do – Any tips? I can live easily on $350 a week. Sorry to vent, I just needed it.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:58:00 +0000

Fiew! Finaly someone who is like me! I feel this way too and I cry every once in a while (well as soon as I have one full day of NOTHING to do) on how useless my day was. Thank you for posting this! I feel better already!

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:07:06 +0000

This is really inspiring….thanks a million!

By: laughing grad

laughing grad — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:10:15 +0000

wow. you’ve described me. i worry…a lot. there is always something i should be doing, so i sit and stew and worry about what i should be doing. i waste time worrying instead of doing. i make lists instead of doing. i have a hard time focusing on the task at hand because i’m thinking about what i should be doing. i tell myself that its because i’m currently in school…that one day i won’t have to worry. but i’m slowly starting to realize that all i’m doing is wasting time worrying and not living. thank you for such a thought provoking post. i needed that.

By: David

David — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:31:39 +0000

We need to bring back the siesta in the middle of the day. Of course, I work for myself at home so I tend to take advantage sometimes.

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:28:38 +0000

When my children were younger, I confessed to an older lady I often felt guilty for taking a short nap before they returned from school. Without hesitation she said: Whatever it takes to make you a better parent should not make you feel guilty.
I now apply that concept to my ‘away from home’ job. There are times I need to stop and regroup to become a better employee. I think all of us could use this concept in our lives.

By: David

David — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:51:45 +0000

That’s great Laurie, I wish more people would see the value in that!

By: Laurie

Laurie — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:03:20 +0000

I am a stay at home mom with two amazing little girls. For the longest time I also felt like I was not doing enough. If I was playing with my kids I would be thinking about all the laundry and dishes that needed to be done. I felt like just sitting and enjoying myself was a waste of time. I think part of it came from other people saying that my house was neat and clean because I was home all day to do it. I finally realized one day that being with my kids and enjoying myself was just as important as all the other things I had to do. I have now learned to schedule things in and be very flexible about what has to get done and be much easier on myself when things don’t get done. I want to enjoy life and my kids not rush through it.