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Looking for Consistency across Beliefs and Choices
Scratching the Surface to Make Sense
Be it reaching the airport on time, or completion of that critical project, or even getting those stupid nods of approval from friends, we are somehow evolutionarily wired to feel secure when we seem to be in control of things.
Want to check the veracity of this claim? Please observe your physiological response when your Uber driver chooses to cancel your ride to the airport when you are already running late. An unexpected event, irrespective of its magnitude, often manages to catch you off the guard. And the last thing you want in your life is to find yourself at the edge of some unknown cliff.
Last evening while coming back from the dental clinic, we were stuck in a traffic jam (definitely not an ideal time to get into an argument with my partner). On second thought, is there a perfect time? If you think there is one, please let me know, because, in our eight years of togetherness, every single argument seemed to have cropped up at the most inappropriate moment. Well, that’s a separate topic for a full-length post.
We have a six-year-old excuser-in- chief who specializes in the art of weaving stories after assessing our vulnerabilities. She has made us believe that brushing her pearly for more than a minute will lead…
