Filing my taxes causes me a tremendous amount of anxiety. Because I am self-employed doing my taxes means scouring my calendar for every deductible mile and then reviewing a year’s worth of credit card statements for every deductible expense. Once I’ve made the exhausting list of mileage and expenses, I must double and triple check if I’m allowed to deduct those expenses. What if I’m NOT allowed to deduct the ice cream cone I bought at the bodega for this video? What if I am committing tax fraud?? 😱😱😱 Once the expenses are triple cleared, I must go back and triple check my addition because if I add wrong and deduct to much (or too little), then you guessed it—I’m once again obviously committing tax fraud. The fear of unintentionally doing my taxes wrong can feel so overwhelming that it should come as no surprise that The Procrastinator shows up to spare me from all of that pain. When I was diagnosed with OCD, it was honestly a relief to learn that my tax anxiety is related to moral scrupulosity, an OCD theme that I struggle with. Moral scrupulosity is an obsessive concern with obtaining moral perfection, or with being a good person (and above all, not a bad person). I was really moved when I read these words by Kimberley Quinlan : ”I am not a good person or a bad person. I am a person.” Accepting that I am neither a good or bad person has (very slowly) helped me to allow myself to make some mistakes. I am a person and people make mistakes. And that is ok. That is being human. So for real now I’m going to actually start my taxes....after I post this video...and then yeah, probably after I have some lunch...and then I really do need to water that one plant...but then for sure I’ll get started on the script for next week’s video......wait....... 🫠 #procrastination #perfectionist #perfectionism #perfectionistproblems #innervoices #taxes #taxseason #tax #deduction #expenses #anxiety #procrastinator #comedy #sketchcomedy #comedyvideos #character #womenincomedy #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthmatters #therapy #therapyforall #funnyvideos #voicesinmyhead #karaleemo #taxes2022 #fyp #foryou #goofyvideo