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Reality Check: Other People’s Misery
Do you ever find yourself embracing misery that isn’t really yours? John does. Unlike others in his extended family, John feels that he has a duty to visit and maintain connection with his great-uncle Matthew. Far from expressing appreciation, Matthew … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Freedom
Tagged examining wants, frustration, unhappiness
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Reality Check: Habit-Forming
It’s commonly said that it takes 21 days to form a new habit. It’s tempting to believe that if you rigidly adhere to a new behaviour for a set number of days, then it magically becomes engrained in you. You … Continue reading
Posted in Making a Change
Tagged choosing influences, examining wants, happiness, need satisfaction
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Reality Check: The Value of Delayed Gratification
Would you stop drinking all sugary drinks for a year for $500? That’s the offer that one family made to their children. You could view that as bribery. Or, you could view it as an innovative teaching method. Regardless, one … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing actions, examining wants, need satisfaction
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Reality Check: Recalculating
Year end is a fine time to think about the big questions of life, such as: Where do I want to go? How will I get there? If you’re familiar with a certain brand of GPS (I call mine Martha) … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing actions, examining wants, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: The Gift of the Long View
When her credit card bill arrived last January, Jessica came face-to-face with the reality of the shopping she’d done over the previous months. She had no idea that she had spent so much! Yet when she checked the charges, she … Continue reading
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Tagged examining wants, making choices, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: Here’s to a Satisfying Holiday
For some folks, the prospect of holidays and the expectations that come with them can evoke feelings that are closer to dread than joy. And if our perception is that others effortlessly produce perfect food, gifts, and parties while surrounded … Continue reading
Posted in Perception & Reality
Tagged "should", examining wants, need satisfaction, perception
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Reality Check: Remembering the “Why” of To-do
It’s a beautiful day. You, however, have to go to work. And mow the lawn. And take the kids to practice, the cat to the vet, and visit the in-laws. Does it seem that your to-do list goes on and … Continue reading
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Tagged "should", examining wants, happiness
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