Does this resonate with you? “Strangely, it appears to me that the reason I am always in a hurry is because I have a lack of trust.” If so, then this exercise may be valuable to you.
Self-Observation on why I am always in a hurry
- This is clearly some kind of unconscious block in me as even when I see that I am in a hurry, I cannot stop it.
- I just keep on being in a hurry and it is making me even more nervous.
- Actually I even want to speed it up. Because I want to finish as soon as possible to ‘escape this hard situation’.
- I speed it up and so I get even more exhausted.
- I am afraid of the situation itself.
Chain of thoughts coming when I am able to go deeper
- It appears to me that my need to hurry up comes up in situations where I have an ‘obligation’, some work that I feel I must do. I am not in a hurry where I have no ‘obligation to deliver’.
- I have a self-confidence issue. My need to speed things up is due to the fear of the ‘situation’.
- No. It is not a pure self-confidence issue.
- It is a question of trust.
- Let me approach it from another way and imagine myself with this mindset: If I had complete trust that this situation, this work to be done would work out just fine, I would have no urge to hurry it. It is not a self-confidence thing alone. It is trusting that things will work out fine; It is not just about me.
The above is a possible flow of thoughts, emotions, and associations that come up in the mind when doing self-observation on this thought. It is meant to help you go deeper into this thought and stimulate you. By no means it is implied that it is the only one or it is the same for everyone.
(If you are new to the concept of self-observation or looking for some practical guidance then maybe read this article: How Self-Observation Works)
Notes
- If you are new to the practice of self-observation then here are some ideas that can help: It is very powerful if you write down your thoughts (like with an old-school diary). It is also very powerful if you phrase your thoughts and emotions in a short and basic way.
- Self Chatter is a self-development tool and one of its major goals is to help with self-observation as a major tool to raise your consciousness. Thus you will find these types of self-observations on Self Chatter.
(None of the articles on Self Chatter are generated by AI.)