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Anchors and tugboats. One holds you back, and one pulls you forward. Negativity can act like an anchor holding you back, narrowing your focu
Explaining the world one sketch at a time — each sketch explains an idea or concept. Explore, search and share. Start here.
There's a lot of wisdom in this thought from Joseph Campbell: The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek. After all, if it was the easy path, if it wasn't the place we hadn't yet looked because we were afraid, we would have already done it. Perhaps tackling what you're avoiding most is what you most need to do.
A metaphor for your new year resolutions.
Maandag 31 mei – Waar management over hoort te gaan. Geweldig concept, van ene Todd Jackson, visueel verteld op Sketchplanations – Explaining the world one sketch at a time.
Meh. Blah. Can't be bothered? Not excited about the future? Perhaps you're languishing.
Adam Grant's NYT article, There’s a Name for the Blah You’re Feeling: It’s Called Languishing, resonated with so many people as the coronavirus pandemic drew on. While not having a mental illness or being clinically depressed, many of us associated with a general stagnation or apathy towards things — an absence of, or low, mental health. Languishing is a counterpoint to how we might feel in prime mental health, full of wellbeing or Flourishing.
While languishing may not be necessarily dangerous in itself, if you're languishing you may be at higher risk of mental illness.
Some steps Adam suggests we can take:
1. Naming our state can be a first step to doing something about it
2. Looking for small wins that show us progress
3. Asking how our friends and family are doing — having the opportunity to speak to someone about it
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The term languishing for that part of the mental health continuum is from Corey Keyes. See for example, Corey L. M. Keyes. “The Mental Health Continuum: From Languishing to Flourishing in Life.”Journal of Health and Social Behavior, vol. 43, no. 2, 2002, pp. 207–222.
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Ok, yes, wow, that's it.....
Diagnosis is half the challenge, so the next question is 'now what?'
10 May 2021
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It always takes longer than you expect, even when you account for Hofstadter’s Law.
Hofstadter’s Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you account for Hofstadter’s Law.