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When you screw up, do the next best thing

digsdigs.com Have you ever caught yourself saying, "Where has the year gone?" I feel this way at the end of every year. I don't know what happened to 2014. A full year gone. What have I done in that time? What do I wish I had done? This can be a pretty reflective time of year--the passing of one year, and the beginning of the next. If you can find even one quiet moment to sit and reflect on your year, what comes to mind? For some of you, it will be the mistakes and regrets that haunt your thoughts. For those mistakes, you beat yourself up emotionally. For some of my clients, this might include a small chiding: "Why did I say something so dumb?" Or a more cruel voice: "I don't deserve to be loved." "My family would be better off without me." "I will never get better." "I am a loser." These words are soul crushing. If you really believe them, it becomes hard to change anything about your life. Imagine feel