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mso-fareast-language:JA;}\n\u003C\/style\u003E\n\u003C![endif]--\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003C!--StartFragment--\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003C!--EndFragment--\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-wtiJodeAO3g\/Uz4pkVDxqxI\/AAAAAAAAAek\/kq12IcMmYZ4\/s1600\/quiz_panel_490.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-wtiJodeAO3g\/Uz4pkVDxqxI\/AAAAAAAAAek\/kq12IcMmYZ4\/s1600\/quiz_panel_490.jpg\" height=\"97\" width=\"200\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.theamandaproject.com\/totems\"\u003EPersonality tests\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\nPersonality tests are not new, but they have recently skyrocketed\nin popularity on the internet. This week, Buzzfeed published 15 such tests in\none 24-hour period. It seems every day on my Facebook news feed, someone has\nposted new results from one of these quizzes. Online personality tests have\nexpanded beyond the traditional format of telling us certain traits we possess,\nalthough those do still exist (try \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.humanmetrics.com\/cgi-win\/jtypes2.asp\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.queendom.com\/tests\/access_page\/index.htm?idRegTest=1110\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E). Now, there are also tests\nthat give us information about ourselves by comparing us to people or characters we know\n(“Which pop star should you party with?” or “Which children’s book character\nare you?”) and by comparing specific behaviors\nor knowledge to others’ (“How many classic horror films have you seen?” or “How\nwell do you know ‘90s R\u0026amp;B lyrics?”). \u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-0KksrBLZgxs\/Uz4rrsFRgqI\/AAAAAAAAAes\/o4MtSeI9agQ\/s1600\/whichoffice.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-0KksrBLZgxs\/Uz4rrsFRgqI\/AAAAAAAAAes\/o4MtSeI9agQ\/s1600\/whichoffice.jpg\" height=\"133\" width=\"200\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.buddytv.com\/articles\/the-office\/which-office-character-are-you-15907.aspx\"\u003Esource\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\nRegardless of which type of personality test you prefer (I’m\nnot sure that all of these can be considered tests of personality, but we’ll\nstick with that label for now), these tests have two things in common: they ask\nus questions about ourselves, and then they tell us about ourselves. But aren’t\nwe the experts on ourselves? Why should we need to take these tests to figure out who we are? Though it seems that the clues to our personality simply lie within us, below I outline three reasons we might be\nmotivated to take personality tests anyway. \u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2014\/04\/why-do-we-take-personality-tests.html#more\"\u003ERead More-\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/feeds\/788170623128861524\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2014\/04\/why-do-we-take-personality-tests.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/788170623128861524"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/788170623128861524"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2014\/04\/why-do-we-take-personality-tests.html","title":"Why Do We Take Personality Tests?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kate Reilly Thorson"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11255571381689720249"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"30","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-FCDJEJt5_qw\/TzBUA_PRzcI\/AAAAAAAAAD0\/yfFROj7OKFs\/s220\/KReilly.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-wtiJodeAO3g\/Uz4pkVDxqxI\/AAAAAAAAAek\/kq12IcMmYZ4\/s72-c\/quiz_panel_490.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451967208270832502.post-975167407450646079"},"published":{"$t":"2013-10-22T21:54:00.002-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-10-22T21:54:54.883-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Achievement"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Classic principles"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Health\/Happiness"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Juli"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Learning"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Positive Psychology"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Self-Control"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Self-Esteem"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Self-Improvement"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"The Self"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Well-Being"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Art of Constructive Self-Criticism"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003C!--[if gte mso 9]\u003E\u003Cxml\u003E\n \u003Co:DocumentProperties\u003E\n  \u003Co:Template\u003ENormal\u003C\/o:Template\u003E\n  \u003Co:Revision\u003E0\u003C\/o:Revision\u003E\n  \u003Co:TotalTime\u003E0\u003C\/o:TotalTime\u003E\n  \u003Co:Pages\u003E1\u003C\/o:Pages\u003E\n  \u003Co:Words\u003E839\u003C\/o:Words\u003E\n  \u003Co:Characters\u003E4785\u003C\/o:Characters\u003E\n  \u003Co:Lines\u003E39\u003C\/o:Lines\u003E\n  \u003Co:Paragraphs\u003E9\u003C\/o:Paragraphs\u003E\n  \u003Co:CharactersWithSpaces\u003E5876\u003C\/o:CharactersWithSpaces\u003E\n  \u003Co:Version\u003E11.1539\u003C\/o:Version\u003E\n \u003C\/o:DocumentProperties\u003E\n \u003Co:OfficeDocumentSettings\u003E\n  \u003Co:AllowPNG\/\u003E\n \u003C\/o:OfficeDocumentSettings\u003E\n\u003C\/xml\u003E\u003C![endif]--\u003E\u003C!--[if gte mso 9]\u003E\u003Cxml\u003E\n \u003Cw:WordDocument\u003E\n  \u003Cw:Zoom\u003E0\u003C\/w:Zoom\u003E\n  \u003Cw:DoNotShowRevisions\/\u003E\n  \u003Cw:DoNotPrintRevisions\/\u003E\n  \u003Cw:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery\u003E0\u003C\/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery\u003E\n  \u003Cw:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery\u003E0\u003C\/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery\u003E\n  \u003Cw:UseMarginsForDrawingGridOrigin\/\u003E\n \u003C\/w:WordDocument\u003E\n\u003C\/xml\u003E\u003C![endif]--\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\u003C!--StartFragment--\u003E\n\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Xg0bkA8HiAI\/UmdVUjmylCI\/AAAAAAAAA7k\/G_7I_EKl7Xk\/s1600\/EK-AE787_HEALTH_G_20090615163647.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"213\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Xg0bkA8HiAI\/UmdVUjmylCI\/AAAAAAAAA7k\/G_7I_EKl7Xk\/s320\/EK-AE787_HEALTH_G_20090615163647.jpg\" width=\"320\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 14.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Times, \u0026#39;Times New Roman\u0026#39;, serif;\"\u003EWhen\nwe fail at something important to us, whether in relationships, at school,\nor at work, it can be very painful. These experiences can threaten the\nvery core of who we think we are and who we want to be.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Times, \u0026#39;Times New Roman\u0026#39;, serif;\"\u003ETo cope\nwith failure, we often turn to self-protective strategies. We rationalize what\nhappened so that it places us in a more positive light, we blame other people,\nand we discount the importance of the event. These strategies may make us\nfeel better about ourselves in the short term, but they are less likely to help\nus improve or avoid repeating our mistakes in the future. \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/20804261\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #262626;\"\u003EResearch shows\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E that people who have an overly inflated view of their\nperformance on an academic task show decrements in subsequent \u003Cspan style=\"color: #262626; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;\"\u003Emotivation\u003C\/span\u003E and\nperformance, compared to people who view themselves more realistically. It\nmakes sense: if you already think you\u0026#39;re great, it may feel like there\u0026#39;s no\nneed to put the effort into improving yourself.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #3a7624; font-family: Times, \u0026#39;Times New Roman\u0026#39;, serif;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2013\/10\/the-art-of-constructive-self-criticism.html#more\"\u003ERead More-\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/feeds\/975167407450646079\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2013\/10\/the-art-of-constructive-self-criticism.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/975167407450646079"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/975167407450646079"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2013\/10\/the-art-of-constructive-self-criticism.html","title":"The Art of Constructive Self-Criticism"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Juli"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11680528427434926352"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Xg0bkA8HiAI\/UmdVUjmylCI\/AAAAAAAAA7k\/G_7I_EKl7Xk\/s72-c\/EK-AE787_HEALTH_G_20090615163647.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451967208270832502.post-5495216783647624143"},"published":{"$t":"2013-07-11T00:24:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-07-11T00:33:21.116-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Emotion"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Health\/Happiness"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Juli"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Self-Esteem"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Self-Improvement"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"The Self"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Well-Being"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"When The Green-Eyed Monster Strikes: The Best Antidotes to Envy"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-eYT8dSQmhMk\/Ud5ZpWpX9KI\/AAAAAAAAA00\/biGSgbp_cjk\/s1600\/images-1.jpeg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-eYT8dSQmhMk\/Ud5ZpWpX9KI\/AAAAAAAAA00\/biGSgbp_cjk\/s1600\/images-1.jpeg\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\nLife is full of reminders of what we lack, usually in the form of other people. There is always someone who is more successful, more talented, more attractive, or more advanced in meeting important \u0026quot;milestones\u0026quot; than we are. We encounter these people every day--in fact, they are often our friends, family members, and colleagues. Sometimes these encounters can leave us with a bitter taste in our mouths, or a green glow in our eyes, that familiar sting of envy. Defined as a state of desiring something that someone else possesses, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/index.cfm?fa=search.displayRecord\u0026amp;uid=1993-36273-001\"\u003Eenvy\u003C\/a\u003E is a vicious emotion that can crush self-esteem, inspire efforts to \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.emeraldinsight.com\/journals.htm?articleid=1759667\u0026amp;show=pdf\"\u003Eundermine others\u0026#39; successes\u003C\/a\u003E, or even cause people to \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/web.econ.unito.it\/gma\/massimo\/sdt\/sdt\/smithhee07.pdf\"\u003Elash out violently\u003C\/a\u003E. It also just feels horrible. So what can we do to disarm the green-eyed monster when it strikes?\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2013\/07\/when-green-eyed-monster-strikes-best.html#more\"\u003ERead More-\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5495216783647624143\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2013\/07\/when-green-eyed-monster-strikes-best.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/5495216783647624143"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/5495216783647624143"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2013\/07\/when-green-eyed-monster-strikes-best.html","title":"When The Green-Eyed Monster Strikes: The Best Antidotes to Envy"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Juli"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11680528427434926352"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-eYT8dSQmhMk\/Ud5ZpWpX9KI\/AAAAAAAAA00\/biGSgbp_cjk\/s72-c\/images-1.jpeg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451967208270832502.post-9063554436749192415"},"published":{"$t":"2013-03-20T17:23:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-03-20T20:18:37.159-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cutting-Edge Research"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Health\/Happiness"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Juli"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Romantic Relationships"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Self-Control"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Self-Improvement"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"The Self"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Well-Being"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"How to End a Bad Relationship for Good"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-owF3CcAH-ls\/UUpMiBWX2_I\/AAAAAAAAAxc\/u3XDJ_C7FGE\/s1600\/images.jpeg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-owF3CcAH-ls\/UUpMiBWX2_I\/AAAAAAAAAxc\/u3XDJ_C7FGE\/s1600\/images.jpeg\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Times, \u0026#39;Times New Roman\u0026#39;, serif;\"\u003ESometimes we find ourselves in relationships that make us miserable more than they make us happy, relationships that we know in our hearts are not right, yet still have a hold on us. If this sounds like you, or someone you care about, here are some research-based strategies you may not have considered before for ending it for good and getting on with your life.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2013\/03\/how-to-end-bad-relationship-for-good.html#more\"\u003ERead More-\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/feeds\/9063554436749192415\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2013\/03\/how-to-end-bad-relationship-for-good.html#comment-form","title":"4 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/9063554436749192415"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/9063554436749192415"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2013\/03\/how-to-end-bad-relationship-for-good.html","title":"How to End a Bad Relationship for Good"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Juli"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11680528427434926352"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-owF3CcAH-ls\/UUpMiBWX2_I\/AAAAAAAAAxc\/u3XDJ_C7FGE\/s72-c\/images.jpeg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"4"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451967208270832502.post-3828680324229931090"},"published":{"$t":"2013-02-14T21:27:00.001-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-02-14T21:28:56.394-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cutting-Edge Research"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Health\/Happiness"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Juli"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Money"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Motivation"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Self-Control"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Self-Improvement"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"The Self"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Well-Being"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Do it for Future You"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003C!--[if gte mso 9]\u003E\u003Cxml\u003E\n \u003Co:DocumentProperties\u003E\n  \u003Co:Author\u003EJuli Breines\u003C\/o:Author\u003E\n  \u003Co:Template\u003ENormal\u003C\/o:Template\u003E\n  \u003Co:Revision\u003E0\u003C\/o:Revision\u003E\n  \u003Co:TotalTime\u003E0\u003C\/o:TotalTime\u003E\n  \u003Co:Pages\u003E1\u003C\/o:Pages\u003E\n  \u003Co:Words\u003E556\u003C\/o:Words\u003E\n  \u003Co:Characters\u003E3172\u003C\/o:Characters\u003E\n  \u003Co:Lines\u003E26\u003C\/o:Lines\u003E\n  \u003Co:Paragraphs\u003E6\u003C\/o:Paragraphs\u003E\n  \u003Co:CharactersWithSpaces\u003E3895\u003C\/o:CharactersWithSpaces\u003E\n  \u003Co:Version\u003E11.1539\u003C\/o:Version\u003E\n \u003C\/o:DocumentProperties\u003E\n \u003Co:OfficeDocumentSettings\u003E\n  \u003Co:AllowPNG\/\u003E\n \u003C\/o:OfficeDocumentSettings\u003E\n\u003C\/xml\u003E\u003C![endif]--\u003E\u003C!--[if gte mso 9]\u003E\u003Cxml\u003E\n \u003Cw:WordDocument\u003E\n  \u003Cw:Zoom\u003E0\u003C\/w:Zoom\u003E\n  \u003Cw:DoNotShowRevisions\/\u003E\n  \u003Cw:DoNotPrintRevisions\/\u003E\n  \u003Cw:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery\u003E0\u003C\/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery\u003E\n  \u003Cw:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery\u003E0\u003C\/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery\u003E\n  \u003Cw:UseMarginsForDrawingGridOrigin\/\u003E\n \u003C\/w:WordDocument\u003E\n\u003C\/xml\u003E\u003C![endif]--\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\u003C!--StartFragment--\u003E\n\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-U-IFq14taD4\/UR3EpanVl6I\/AAAAAAAAAvg\/H8WpPHlWgW8\/s1600\/photo-2-200x300.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-U-IFq14taD4\/UR3EpanVl6I\/AAAAAAAAAvg\/H8WpPHlWgW8\/s1600\/photo-2-200x300.png\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.youneedabudget.com\/blog\/2012\/a-dialog-between-you-and-future-you\/\"\u003ESource\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Times, \u0026#39;Times New Roman\u0026#39;, serif;\"\u003EIt\u0026#39;s\nonly a month and a half into the New Year, and most of us have already\nabandoned our New Year\u0026#39;s resolutions. We had the best of intentions, but our\nintentions only got us so far, and eventually we fell back into our old\nhabits--eating and drinking too much, exercising and sleeping too little. Why\nare we so bad at this?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Times, \u0026#39;Times New Roman\u0026#39;, serif;\"\u003EThere\nare a number of reasons for our difficulty with New Year\u0026#39;s Resolutions and\nother efforts to make positive changes in our lives. For example, our goals are\noften unrealistic or vague, we give up too easily when we have setbacks, and we\nhave a tendency to \u0026quot;bask in projected glory\u0026quot;--\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/ejsp.1863\/abstract\"\u003Eresearch suggests\u003C\/a\u003E that when we announce\nlofty goals and envision ourselves accomplishing them, we become less motivated\nto pursue these goals in reality because we feel, in some sense, that we\u0026#39;re\nalready there.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Times, \u0026#39;Times New Roman\u0026#39;, serif;\"\u003EIn\naddition to these obstacles, we may also be hindered by an inability to see\nour future selves--the ones who will suffer the consequences of the\npoor decisions we make today--as \u003Ci\u003Eus\u003C\/i\u003E. Rather, we tend to see them as different\npeople altogether, people whose happiness is less important than the\nhappiness of our present selves. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003E\n\u003C!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Times, \u0026#39;Times New Roman\u0026#39;, serif;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2013\/02\/do-it-for-future-you_5422.html#more\"\u003ERead More-\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3828680324229931090\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2013\/02\/do-it-for-future-you_5422.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/3828680324229931090"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/3828680324229931090"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2013\/02\/do-it-for-future-you_5422.html","title":"Do it for Future You"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Juli"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11680528427434926352"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-U-IFq14taD4\/UR3EpanVl6I\/AAAAAAAAAvg\/H8WpPHlWgW8\/s72-c\/photo-2-200x300.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451967208270832502.post-1225191364104084106"},"published":{"$t":"2013-02-08T09:27:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-02-08T09:30:35.100-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cutting-Edge Research"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Health\/Happiness"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Michael"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SWAG"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"The Self"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"SWAG: I'm good enough, I'm smart enough... and I give up!"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-BKMwqltLUkM\/URUwKsnCSkI\/AAAAAAAACUU\/vazPhngRgWs\/s1600\/300px-Stuart_Smalley.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-BKMwqltLUkM\/URUwKsnCSkI\/AAAAAAAACUU\/vazPhngRgWs\/s200\/300px-Stuart_Smalley.jpg\" width=\"193\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003Ewikipedia.org\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003EEvery Wednesday afternoon, I gather with a bunch of faculty and graduate students at the University of Illinois to discuss a journal article about social psychology, and to eat a snack. This blog post reflects the discussion we had during this week\u0026#39;s seminar affectionately called Social Wednesdays and Grub (SWAG).\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\nThis week we read a recent collection of studies written by Kathleen Vohs and her colleagues (2013) about goal disengagement and self-affirmation. Usually self-affirmations are a good thing for us because they remind us that we are, as \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-DIETlxquzY\"\u003EStuart Smalley\u003C\/a\u003E put it, \u003Ci\u003E\u0026quot;Good enough, smart enough, and dog-gone-it, people like (us)!\u0026quot;\u003C\/i\u003E Sometimes these affirmations can lead one to actually disengage from goals.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2013\/02\/swag-self-affirmation-and-goal-pursuit.html#more\"\u003ERead More-\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1225191364104084106\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2013\/02\/swag-self-affirmation-and-goal-pursuit.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/1225191364104084106"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/1225191364104084106"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2013\/02\/swag-self-affirmation-and-goal-pursuit.html","title":"SWAG: I'm good enough, I'm smart enough... and I give up!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08931064542755278772"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-BKMwqltLUkM\/URUwKsnCSkI\/AAAAAAAACUU\/vazPhngRgWs\/s72-c\/300px-Stuart_Smalley.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});