The 5 stages of grief created by Elizabeth Kubler Ross listed five emotional states people go through when they experience a big loss such as death of a loved one. These stages were listed 1-5 but could really happen in any order, with people jumping from one number to the next and back again.
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We all have habits. Coffee to wake up, brushing our teeth and that thing we do on our commute are all activities most of us do with little effort or thought. These habits help us move through our day more effectively and because they are, by definition, automatic, this frees up decision making energy to dedicate towards choices that require real scrutiny (this New York Times article reports on the decision making fatigue we all experience in a day, sometimes to terrible detriment).
“Just do it”, along with “just say no” were two sayings birthed in the 1980’s, a time when the notion of self-determination became gospel. They are great sayings in their obviousness and equally ineffective. If a person could “just do it” wouldn’t they have done it already? Continue reading…