The Blogging Platypus

I Create As I Speak The words we use carry great power. When we speak about something, it can help to inform, influence, and mold our minds. While this can be seen quite easily when talking with others, the words we speak to ourselves, when we are away from social media, work, school, or friends, can have a significant influence on how we see and treat ourselves. During the past few years, we have been reminded of the power our words have on a larger scale. Words matter. What we say matters. How we say it matters too. When we mock others, we put more negativity out into the universe. Same when we mock ourselves or knock ourselves down. Friends like depression and anxiety LOVE to speak ill of ourselves. The more we hear about how great or horrible something (or someone) is, the more likely we are to adopt similar views to the ones being shared on a variety of social media sites. Words themselves may not wield much power, but the meanings and perceptions we have attributed to the...

I Will Do Better Next Time A few days ago, I wrote about how the quest for perfection can stifle our ability to learn new things. If we fail the first time we do something, how likely are you to keep trying new things until you either become so focused on it that nothing else matters, or you give up out of frustration? The lure of perfection can be quite consuming. If we put the idea of perfection out of our realm of consciousness, we can then start to focus on how you can improve upon the last result. Then continue to improve until the desired outcome is obtained. Doing better the next time almost puts the gears in your head into motion, thinking about ways to improve your outcome of a specific task. However, if we keep thinking about how we can improve the next time we encounter a situation, we risk the potential to revert back to how we handled it the last time. If we keep thinking that we always have a next time, we may eventually run out of time. Tomorrow is not promised, b...