This coming Monday, July 5 is 'National Workaholics Day' and it's got me thinking about my own definition of a similar thing: 'Accomplishaholic'

Self proclaimed, I am a complete junkie to a task list. The longer the list seems the more I'm motivated to attack it. By profession, I am a project manager, so the idea of task list making is actually how PM’s successfully tackle complicated projects. (Ever wonder how a bridge gets built? It decomposes every singular task into its smallest part so the tasks can then be ordered, connected and coordinated to be accomplished, one small step at a time.) Whether large or small, all projects require the same type of approach inorder to be well managed and controlled.

But, perhaps, in my own life, I have taken this to the extreme. You see, without a task list, I feel overwhelmed and anxious and those feelings can send me into a spiral of discontent with myself. In fact, the older I get, the more aware I am of just how much I NEED to accomplish to feel valuable. And it’s a problem. 

If one only feels value based on their choices and accomplishments, do they really value themselves at all? Or are they only valuing what they’ve done?

There is nothing wrong with accomplishing things. The human species is designed to work and achieve BUT if we don’t or can’t, for a moment a day or a season, we are not worthless. Our value MUST be derived from our existence alone. 

You are valuable because you are YOU. There is nothing you can accomplish; say or do, that will give you more value. 

So, I will go ahead and still accomplish but remember that if the tasks get left undone, my value as a human remains intact and you should too!

Happy Accomplishing,