SKyle4Jan2019 t1_jbvxnlm wrote on March 12, 2023 at 3:20 AM

My therapist told me you shouldn’t “try” to do anything because all you do is set your self up for failure when you don’t achieve your goal… I want to believe what she’s telling me is true, but at the same time how do you do anything if not to try?

SpicyWhizkers t1_jbwp0u2 wrote on March 12, 2023 at 8:21 AM

Ah I see where you’re coming from and where there might be a misunderstanding. Yes, in a literal sense, the first step in doing anything is trying.

But what I believe your therapist is trying to convey is that you should go into anything you do with a “I’ll DO it and succeed” mentality. It’s the difference between literally trying and “trying”.