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Category Archives: Getting Happy
An exercise in Optimism
The problem Facebook and Instagram, and various other forms of social media, are amazing. They let you keep in touch with friends and relatives around the world, organise events and share photos, you can even make a living from them. However I’m pretty sure they are absolutely terrible for your mental health. Remember at school whenContinue reading “An exercise in Optimism “
The metaphor
Don’t take life too seriously
The 1 minute rule
If something takes less than a minute, do it now. I used to be absolutely terrible when it came to having a whole load of little jobs to do. I’d try and work out the best order to do things in to be productive, or write a list and work my way down itContinue reading “The 1 minute rule”
Fail, a lot
Failing sucks. Nobody likes getting it wrong, but it is an incredibly useful way to learn to get it right next time, because the emotional response to failure (especially in neurotic med students) really cements it in your memory. At medical school you have five (or six) years of opportunities to make mistakes, and hopefullyContinue reading “Fail, a lot”
Lose control
More specifically, don’t try and control everything… Having spoken to a number of my senior colleagues about how they ended up where they are, one thing became apparent: a lot of things are completely beyond your control, and this is not always a bad thing. One consultant described how he had applied for a job,Continue reading “Lose control”
Why I stopped using Facebook
Facebook is toxic. It’s an incredible tool, an ingenious creating, allowing potentially unlimited communication between anyone with internet access, but psychologically it is an absolute nightmare. When I’m feeling crap, and I go on Facebook to distract myself, I invariably feel more crap after five minutes of scrolling. Why? Because I’m warmly greeting byContinue reading “Why I stopped using Facebook”
Redefine Success
The obvious social markers of ‘success’ are usually money and popularity. A big house in a sought-after neighbourhood and nice clothes that demonstrate your lack of concern for financial minutiae. I tried to stop caring about money. I couldn’t completely not care because sometimes it would be nice not to have to think aboutContinue reading “Redefine Success”
Measure you against you
What makes me happy is progress. I don’t care what that progress is, as long as I am getting better at something, or someone else is getting happier, I’m happy. It says so right there in the big five. So it makes absolutely no sense to use other people as a mark of yourContinue reading “Measure you against you”
Stop trying to achieve
The single most sinister element that’s hampered me all along the way, which I assume runs rife within our westernised population, thriving on an infusion of instant technological and financial gratification, is the fear of failure. The fear of regret, the fear that this project will flop, as will the next one, and theContinue reading “Stop trying to achieve”
Neurotic
I’m an incredibly neurotic individual. Always have been. As a result I’ve spent a lot of my life being incredibly sad, as persistent self-doubt slowly constricted the enjoyment out of everyday life. I’ve preoccupied myself with what other people think of me, and the baseline assumption has always been a fairly negative one. As aContinue reading “Neurotic”
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