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Grey Gowns

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  Grey gowns, silver lining, the world so rough, it's only drowning! 29 years of life and 20,000 working hours in the capacity of a listener, counsellor, helper, therapist... I have come to the conclusion that people do not want to act, they want to continue thinking, they call it overthinking. I can't emphasize enough how their inability to just do it, will resolve internal conflicts. Mel Robbins talks about the 5-second rule in her book which simply means to go 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 and bang, just do it. As cliché as it may sound but when you give yourself the chance to rethink, your brain will pick the convenient option.  For instance, you know that it'll be great if could wake up at 7 in the morning and have a ROUTINE but when that alarm rings, you snooze and you snooze again and you snooze again until you are late or cancel on the plan of having a healthy lifestyle.  We are certainly not talking about mental illness but the lifestyle changes which may do wonders if done ...