The very end of December 2011
I have a question about this time of year…
Why is it that we choose to spend the beginning of a perfectly good year obsessing about all of our flaws and insecurities? Why is this encouraged to rabidly by Magazine, retailers and TV? Not to mention the push for everyone to make a resolution to be a better person starting the very first day of the new year, when most adults are hung over.
And yet anyone that has ever seen a therapist has been told that they need to learn to live with themselves… to come to peace with who they are. We tell our kids it is ok to just be themselves. We tell our friends that we think they are fine, wonderful people. And yet, we tell ourselves that we are fat, broke, unstylish underachievers that need to change and change now. (I now know this is imposter syndrome.)
Why? Why do we do these things?
As a therapist, I guess I shouldn’t complain because it means more work for me. However, I can assure you that I would much rather have less work and a little more peace and harmony in the world.
So, Happy New Year to all of my perfect, rich, stylish, overachieving friends! However did I get so lucky to even appear on your radar? Don’t worry, this year I resolve to change…
Yeah, probably not.
Shhh.... I have a secret 
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