'Tell me about your childhood'

'So Darren, lie down on the couch and tell me how everything is going.'

'Well, I am currently taking a nice break from work. I started the break with lots of plans and projects. Now I am two thirds of the way through this break and I still have lots of plans and projects. I have been doing lots of things but they haven't been the plans and projects that I wanted, or was hoping to do. That isn't to say that I haven't been doing important things. What I have done has been very important, just not what I had originally planned.'

'Are you sure about that?'

'Actually, if I take a look at my 'to do' lists for the last few weeks there are a lot of things that have been crossed off and highlighted as done. Also on my 'goals' list there are several things that have again been highlighted as being 'in progress' and therefore have moved forward, some considerably.'

'So why do you feel that you haven't achieved what you wanted to?'

'I don't know. I suppose it feels like I have failed because there are still things to do.'

'But there will always be things to do, lists continue to grow. As long as you are doing your best, and trying to finish the most important things on your list then you haven't failed.'

'Thank you, see you next Wednesday'