The Bright Life

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A little dose of freedom

and other random tidbits

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Donna McArthur
Aug 13, 2023
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Welcome to my small corner of the internet where it’s my hope to guide us both to a life of possibility and well-being by examining what lies below the layers of daily life. If you are new here, welcome! I am grateful for your presence❤. You can find out more about me by clicking here.

Today I am sharing with you a few things I’ve recently come across that I love or found interesting.

Here are 4 key mechanisms that undermine our ability to assess taking a risk from staying too comfortable,

or worded a different way - four reasons I think we stay stuck in our lives, unwilling to tackle the next (seemingly scary) step:

1.       We make that thing we want to do/have/be seem bigger than it is.

2.       We exaggerate the consequences of taking it on.

3.       We underestimate our ability to handle it.

4.       We downplay the cost of NOT doing it.

This results in us being unwilling to take the very risks needed to live a meaningful life, and it can be subtle so it sneaks up on us.

Do any of these …

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