The anxiety about tomorrow is problematic.
The anxiety about tomorrow is problematic. Like, being "up" for an interview is good. Having your brain and body scattered, agitated, and unfocused is not. I mean, this interview is critical for reasons I won't get into, here, but panicking over it is not useful. A) people can read it off you like animals on a hunt, and b) it means you answer questions like a gibbering fool. Neither is optimal. Would someone please have a talk with my subconscious and my amygdala? Thanks.
Dear FL subconscious, etc: Cut It Out.
ReplyDeleteDear FL: write all the stuff down and then look at it and organize it. Makes you feel less scattered. Also then when your brain comes up with Yet Another Thing you feel like you should be prepared for, you can either add that thing, or tell your brain to shut up more specifically.
I've never been any good at quieting my own down through any non-chemical means, but Bethany Willick's list-making suggestion has come the closest to helping of anything I've tried.
ReplyDeleteI've never been anxious or jerkbrainy to myself, but I have been unfocused and scattered and vaguely depressed, and I know it helps with that part.
ReplyDeleteyeah, making lists is a tremendous help to me, as well as writing down potential things I might say/need and practicing. I've done that many times with interviews where I've written down and rehearsed everything that I might say/come up.
ReplyDeleteThe rehearsing has become somewhat circular. Partly out of a complete lack of knowing what the asking will be. Partly out of the whole impostor/ur doin' it wrong thing. Normal people don't do it this way, see? I may (for values of may=absolute certainty) be a little (lot) self-critical.
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