Tag: stress
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There’s no rush to have it all figured out
Do you beat yourself up for not having life all figured out in your 30s? (or any other decade)
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The discomfort of growth
“The discomfort of growth is always so much more valuable than the illusion of safety.”
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Modifying behaviour
“You modify your own behaviour by modifying the situation in which it occurs.”
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It’s ok to be uncomfortable
For some strange reason, we are generally not comfortable being uncomfortable. We enter new territory, and we lose our grip. We get stressed, and we freak out. The reality is that things are outside our control much of the time, and we get by just fine. We just don’t focus on it. Part of living…
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Opportunities opening up
Do you ever notice how opportunities seem to open up just when you need them? We feel down and the future looks bleak. We loose sleep worrying about some existential threat which may or may not happen. How will we get out of this one? Next thing a solution seems to appear before our eyes.…
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Slippery slopes
What is your most slippery slope, and how can you best avoid it?
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When to make the change
“The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese Proverb I wish I made my change five or ten years ago.
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Slipping into the negative
“Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will” Zig Ziglar Do you ever notice your thinking slipping too far into the negative? It’s easy during these troubling times. We have a global pandemic, an economic crisis, and divisions among society. Simply reading the news can spike up your cortisol levels and…