Have you heard of a self-fulfilling prophecy? It’s a term that’s used a lot in psychology and education. For those of you who don’t know what it is, it’s basically when a belief comes true because a person is already acting in a way to make that belief a reality. Let me give you an example… Let’s pretend that there’s …
After I graduated from college, I had no clue what I wanted to do with my life. For a long time, I wanted to be in the FBI, so everything that I had done up into that point in time was helping me to achieve that goal. I got good grades throughout school, I stayed out of trouble with the …
Are you an impatient person? I know I am! I don’t want to wait for anything. When I’m walking behind or driving behind someone who’s too slow, I want to scream! So I ultimately end up just moving around them. One of the reasons I don’t like cooking (other than the fact that I’m no good at it) is because …
Thoughts can be a glorious thing. When they’re good, you have no problem with them. If you’re remembering how well your OKCupid date from last night went then you welcome those thoughts. When you start thinking about how you nailed your work presentation yesterday then you start feeling those feelings of happiness that you had when you were giving the …
I’m very self aware, and that’s why I know that I don’t have the best personality around. I have a short temper, I’m extremely sarcastic, and I can be stand offish at times. I’m socially awkward, I go ghost for weeks at a time when I get in a bad mood or when I become obsessed with something new, and …
I have a bit of a temper, and I always have, but it was particularly bad when I was younger. There were many times when I would hit and kick things in order to get out my frustration. I remember one time during my sophomore year in high school when I was so mad that I actually kicked a hole …
A few weeks ago I wrote about the importance of taking care of yourself. In that post I mentioned the phrase, “you can’t pour from an empty glass,” and how you need to make sure that you don’t give away all of your energy and time at the expense of yourself. This is very important to remember, but it’s also …
When I was in high school I saw this movie in my AP Psychology class. It was called The Secret. This was a film based on a book that talked about the law of attraction. This law basically states that whatever you spend your time focusing on you will end up attracting into your life. Therefore, if you focus on …
It would be great if everything that we wanted to happen would happen. Like if we could always have a good hair day. Or if we could never have car troubles or run into traffic when we’re already running late. It would be great if we could get that guy or that girl that we like to actually like us …
Throughout my life, I have come across many people who give of themselves freely. They give out a helping hand to others because it’s something that they feel that they should do. It doesn’t have to be to someone that they’re friends with or that they know personally because these people make it a part of their life’s mission to …