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All you have to do is set aside some time on a regular basis to force your brain to think positively about the future. Which, if you are not very optimistic, you may recognize as precisely what your brain is not doing enough of. Actually, you probably don’t even need to write, but having the journaling exercise helps focus your thoughts. Structured journaling exercises can help us learn to be more optimistic, which in turn can help us manage stress.
The Art of Taking It Easy
Brian King
And that’s the thing about worrying, it does nothing to prevent bad things from happening. Worrying does not affect the outcome of a situation, it doesn’t make adverse events less likely to occur, it just makes our life less great.
The Art of Taking It Easy
Brian King
We evolved ***because*** we cooperate, not despite it. So, how do we find ourselves stuck in a growth-based primarily capitalist economic system that doesn’t reflect not just human nature, but nature in general?
"We Are All Socialists in Our Private Lives"
Erin Remblance
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