Seasons

Choose Carefully

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Choose Carefully

1/3/22 by Hidden Brain

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All of us make choices all the time, and we may think we’re making those choices freely. But psychologist Eric Johnson says there’s an architecture behind the way choices are presented to us, and this invisible architecture can influence decisions both large and small. If you like this show, please check out our new podcast, My Unsung Hero! And if you’d like to support our work, you can do so at support.hiddenbrain.org.

This New Years I resolve not to change

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This New Years I resolve not to change

New Years resolutions are a big thing. People are always promising themselves the need to change, make their life better. I’ve done that many times before too. But not this year.

I’ve decided that this year I don’t need to change or introduce novelty into my life but instead just double down on what is good in my life and what is making me successful. Not fret on my struggles but be more grateful for what I have and who I am. And enjoy life more – because there really is a lot wonderful in this world.

Now not everything is perfect in my life. I’m the first one to admit it. But why dwell on what is bad? For all the bad there is a lot of good things happening. It’s not to say that I should abandon the conservative approach I take to many things in my life but it’s also to say maybe I don’t have to press harder to improve things that are good enough. Nothing wrong with a little radical acceptance of the way things are.

End of the Year

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Well folks, another year has come to a close. 2021 is one for the books, one that will be at some point in the future looked back at with nostalgia, as we look back those silly cars we used to drive back in the day. The times come and go, in a few short weeks we enter the next era of our country’s history.

Change is good, and indeed the flipping of the calendar will mean change. But then it’s just a continue, history doesn’t start or end on a calendar day. Sure there will be new laws that will go in effect and we’ll have to write 2022 on all our paperwork, but really is December 31st that much different then January 1st?

Enjoy the egg nog and fondue one more night. Soon the Christmas lights will be shut off and we will be in the cold of January. But fear not, another spring isn’t that far away.