LibraryScenariosWhen self-improvement becomes avoidance
Scenario

When self-improvement becomes avoidance

I have been single for two years by choice to work on myself but I think I am just avoiding the messiness of actually connecting with someone.

Laozi
Online
The coach is replying

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The pursuit of personal development can become a way to postpone engaging with life's inherent uncertainties.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Hope as temporal orientation?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.