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[NeedAdvice] Not sure how to remain disciplined AND trust my feelings.
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I feel a strong need for everything I do to be logically the "correct" or "right" thing to do (and I understand what is "right" depends on me, my circumstances, and my values and belief systems). If I cannot convince myself about doing something as being "logical", I cannot do it, I can't listen to my heart or feelings. Frankly I can't trust "feelings", because they can change at any moment. I would be whimsical and undisciplined if I always just did what I felt like. Logic typically remains relatively much more consistent so that is what I trust. I couldn't even rest and take a break to recharge yesterday until I was able to convince myself that rest is needed for rejuvenation, health, focus, progress, and happiness in the long term, and that "productivity" is useless if it defeats it's purpose of happiness (and productivity itself, ironically).

I don't know when it is OK to just go with the flow and do what I feel like and when I should listen to my head instead of my heart ("I don't feel like it", "I don't wanna").

I get stuck in thinking loops due to this, where I am just going over and over again about something in my head until I can find a logically acceptable solution. This fries my brain, as I need rest, I have usually been working and thinking about other complex things throughout the day earlier too. It's frustrating. I could choose to stop, but then I'm met with the discomfort of doing something that's potentially "not right" for me, it doesn't feel good either.

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