We are what we repeatedly do. Write out a complete list of your daily routine, then evaluate each habit. Try to identify one small change you can make.
Have you ever had a romantic interest in someone, but you waited a long time to finally tell them? Often this is a recipe for frustration and disappointment. You spend time with someone, you share good times, you grow more and more fond of them, but you never come forward about your true feelings until (more…)
When talking about our minds, we have a tendency to take complicated processes and treat them as simplified things. For example, we say we want “happiness” or “confidence” or “motivation” but how do we know when we really have them?
These things aren’t something you can see, hear, touch, taste, or smell, they aren’t something you can buy at a store, and they aren’t something you can carry around with you in your pocket wherever you go.
So what do we mean when we talk about “happiness,” “confidence,” “motivation,” or other aspects of our mind? What are we really referring to?
In self-improvement, we have a tendency to swing from one extreme to another – when often finding a “middle way” is the best course of action.
Overconsumption of negative news can create a “mean world syndrome,” where we think the world is much more cruel and dangerous than it actually is. Here’s good advice on how to overcome this false perception.