Magical vs. Practical Thinking

It is a normal human response to wish our problems away.

It would be so much nice if we could just wave a wand and “poof” that would be it.

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All would be right with the world again.

The problem is that the world doesn’t work that way.

If you want to fix your problems, you have to work at them.

And this is why practical thinking is so important.

Magical thinking, however, comforting, doesn’t help us solve our problems.

It is only when we think about what we, ourselves, can practically do to solve our problems that we start to make progress.

So stop wishing and start planning.