What strikes me is that obsession almost always hides behind concern for the outcome, when in fact the person stopped caring about the outcome a while ago and now only cares about not stopping. Stopping itself, not the goal, becomes the thing most feared.
Thank you so much for this piece, Mark. After 25 years doing broadcast journalism and now having to navigate my new world online, I’m having to take more breaths than any I’ve ever had to do before in my work. It’s created stress and guilt navigating it all. But neither the guilt nor the work need to become identity…that’s vital to remember.
What strikes me is that obsession almost always hides behind concern for the outcome, when in fact the person stopped caring about the outcome a while ago and now only cares about not stopping. Stopping itself, not the goal, becomes the thing most feared.
ah, i write about this often.
Thank you so much for this piece, Mark. After 25 years doing broadcast journalism and now having to navigate my new world online, I’m having to take more breaths than any I’ve ever had to do before in my work. It’s created stress and guilt navigating it all. But neither the guilt nor the work need to become identity…that’s vital to remember.