We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. — Oscar Wilde Why is it, late at night, so comfortable in your bed, the quiet whir of crickets outside, your pillow like a sheep’s coat beneath your head, that all the regrets of the day storm into your skull. That…
It is not our abilities that show what we truly are. It is our choices. – Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling Every day you are confronted with countless choices. Did you do your work or scroll through social media? Did you choose the freeway or the backstreets?…
Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality. — Bertrand Russell Like many people, you have certainly been presented with the following dilemma: Should I go with my gut instinct or should I change my decision based on further reasoning? Sometimes this occurs when trying to figure out…
For everything you have missed, you have gained something else. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Possibly one of the greatest psychological afflictions of our time is concealed by a relatively short and relatively cute acronym: FoMO With over 3 million hits on Google, New York Times articles, Business Insider opinion pieces, the fear of missing out (FoMO)…
I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations, and you’re not in this world to live up to mine. — Bruce Lee Take a look around you. Is there anyone nearby, or are you alone? If you’re loner-minded like me, it’s probably just you and your digital screen. Which is good. Because…
Don’t stress the could haves. If it should have, it would have. — Anonymous If there’s one thing humans are good at, it’s imagining how things could have gone differently. From those perfect shower-time comebacks to those infinite routes you could have taken to avoid a crash, we people often engage in what’s known as counterfactual thinking….