Here is a random though I’ve had for a very long time. I’ve actually had it since my childhood…
Why does the next challenge always seems to be the one you are going to struggle with when in fact things go mostly OK if not smoothly?
I don’t know if there is psychological pattern here but for instance when I was a child and changed to the next class, I was always unconsciously dramatising the difficulty of the next chapter but found it relatively straightforward when I was actually stuck in the middle of the year.
To give you an analogy, it is like staring at massive book and thinking, ‘god that’s a lot of pages!’ and then actually not finding it particularly huge nor painful to read.
Well I still have this feeling when I am introduce to a new brief or a new problem to solve and I think that this uncertainty it is what keeps you on your toes, ready to find the best possible answer.
That’s it, I nothing particularly insightful to add here but I’d love to hear your experiences if you have ever felt something similar.
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