Perfectionism? Most Days Most of Us Do Pretty Well!
Perfectionism — how it can blight our life, and the ‘benefits’ it offers us. I think it gets in the way of our recognising that mostly we do pretty well.
BlogsInMind.com Archive, Page 2
Archived Posts from the blog ‘Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life’.
Change is an Emotional Business
Making major changes can be a time when we experience intense emotion. It is a thoroughly emotional business, from the desire we feel for change to what we feel when making the change.
Understanding and Changing Our Behaviour
We can get quite tied up trying to find the particular trick or approach — that magic piede of knowledge — that will change us or an unpleasant situation we are in. I suggest that what transforms us is the meeting of our own needs and desires with a relevant piece of knowledge — that it is not (only) about the knowledge but (also) about ourselves.
Roads Easy and Unfamiliar
This post is about two different attitudes to our path through life — Lao Tsu’s sticking to the main road and Robert Frost’s taking the one less travelled. Perhaps we need them both.
The Unravelling: After the Breaking
One of the difficult times in our lives is the space between the old not working any more and the new not being clear yet. We know we don’t want to go back and yet we don’t know the way forward. What can we do?
Should I “Grow Up”?
Growing up isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. To adapt to the current situation usually means ignoring that this situation is changing. And ‘growing up’ usually means giving up some of our preferences and inclinations. So maybe we shouldn’t just “grow up”.
Knowing Afterwards
Logic, rationality and planning are valuable and probably irreplaceable. But there are other times where we can surprise ourselves — moments of creativity where rationality doesn’t have much to do with it. But I think our lives would be less without them.