Dear Dr. Noelle: Vanquish That Self-Imposed Guilt
Noelle Sterne, Ph.D.
Dear Dr. Noelle: Vanquish That Self-Imposed Guilt
By Dr. Noelle Sterne
Q: What do you do if you missed a deadline you created for yourself? How do you get through the feelings of guilt and set another deadline in a way that you can hold yourself to it?
— M. Culpa
A: I empathize with you! It’s hard to miss your self-imposed deadline. As a fellow deadline-misser, I’ve arrived at several methods that make myself easier to live with.
1. Face it.
What did you decide to do instead? Maybe play time...