If you knew how every complaint you voice trains your brain to hunt for more things to complain about, then you would bite your tongue until it bled before speaking another grievance, you'd realize bitching is voluntary brain damage
found this insane study from 1989.
basically argues we're all wrong about what it takes to become 'excellent'.
(uses olympic swimmers, applies to anything) https://t.co/FNZ3r4EEXr
Traffic on the way to an important meeting is only a problem because we didn’t leave twenty minutes earlier. The rent that’s hard to cover after a vacation—same thing.
The real world feels like the source of our problems. But our decisions over time might be the actual culprits, hiding in the corner.