How to Make Better Decisions: Why Happiness is the Best Compass of Which Direction You Should Go in Your Life.
Decision-making can be excruciating, especially if it's an especially important decision. If you are like me, your mind swirls with worry about making the “right” decision or the “best” decision, endlessly swinging between options like a pendulum out of control. You try to take every possible factor into consideration: “How will this person feel? Am I letting someone down? What will the future be like if I go this way?” (And so on, and so on, and so on...for hours or even days.)
I’m happy to report that I've finally figured out a better way to make decisions, and it's made my life a whole lot easier.
Even Perfect Women Have a Breaking Point: How to Give Yourself a Break Before You Fall Apart
I ripped the leg off my Barbie as a child.
This confession comes with a caveat: It was an accident. I was simply trying to see how flexible she was and kept clicking the leg back until “crack!” - it just came off.
As it turns out, even the “perfect woman” has a breaking point.
What to Do When Life Seems Out of Control
I subscribe to the belief that no matter what, you are always in control of your own emotions.
(There’s a big BUT coming…)
BUT there are times when long-term stress from a myriad of causes can make it seem like you are very much out of control of everything.
How do you put yourself back in charge of how you are feeling and reacting? Better yet, how do you start changing your life for the better?