Personal growth: Why can our moods change so much day to day? October 3, 2018
Posted by Dennis Mellersh in Solving Problems.Tags: Dr. Richard Carlson, feeling down, life, mood changes, negative thinking, philosophy, psychology, writing, You Can Be Happy No Matter What
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For a long time I have been puzzled by, and have sought solutions to the question of why we can be in a strong “up” mood one day, and yet on the very next day we can be “down”, despite the fact that our life circumstances have been identical on both
For example, we can have a serious cash flow problem in our lives and be looking constructively for ways to solve the challenge.
One day the cash problem is perceived as a challenge that can be dealt with on a logical basis and managed successfully.
The next day, the same financial conditions can seem overwhelming and throw us into despair.
Since the circumstances have not changed, the difference in perception is logically the result of changes in our mood, an interpretation suggested by psychologist Richard Carlson. (1)
In addition to the obvious mental and emotional distress, our moods, whether too up or too down, can result in our making bad decisions, based on emotion rather than logic.
So, is there a way we can feel “up” on a consistent basis?
Or, is such an emotional state even possible?
(1) Discussed at length in his book, You Can Be Happy No Matter What.
Dennis Mellersh
Personal development: The day-tight compartment paradox September 30, 2018
Posted by Dennis Mellersh in Concept of personal development.Tags: achieving goals, inspiration, life, living in day-tight compartments, one-day-at-a-time, personal development ideas, philosophy, psychology, writing
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Sooner or later in our lives we will all likely come to the logical and stark realization that we no longer have time to realize all that we wanted to in life; we can’t do all the creative work we dreamed of doing; can’t read all the books we would like to; listen to all the music we would like to – we see the stop-sign.
For many of us, this can be an unpleasant discovery and a body-blow to our emotional, future-focused optimism.
All those things we have been postponing doing for future action are not going to get done.
But for those people who have, throughout their lives, practiced living life in day-tight compartments, the time limits on their lives does not present itself as a new revelation, and therefore not a shock.
By living one day at a time and getting the maximum they can out of every day, they have not exchanged a full life now for possible future enjoyment.
A paradoxical adjunct to the concept of benefiting from delayed gratification.
Dennis Mellersh
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