Category: psychology

Isolation Day 14?

On By JohnIn health, psychologyLeave a comment

Just because somebody says, “Everything will be back to normal in two weeks” it does absolutely not mean that everything will return to normal in two weeks.

If somebody says an emergency is going to take x-amount of time. Multiply by three. At a minimum. Two weeks becomes six weeks.

When faced with an unknown emergency, then add a zero.

About a year.

And with as much as everyone’s finances (and economies, globally) have been impacted, a year is probably the minimum realistic timeframe.

Also, those savings accounts that people have been amassing for “rainy-days” or “unplanned joblessness” or other health crises — this is rather difficult to hear and comprehend:

This is why you have a savings account. That’s what it’s for. The unexpected. The unplanned. The unknown.

Is it going to be wiped out? Quite possibly. Will you rebuild it? Eventually.

Persevere.

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I just heard that the POTUS has extended the recommended isolation period to the end of April. That’s good. But consider that normality, such as it was, won’t return for many months. If ever.

Neuro-Psychology Exam, Part 2?

On By JohnIn psychology, tbiLeave a comment

While meeting with my physiologist, we discussed the possibility of participating in a followup to the followup of a Neuro-Psychology exam. We can’t, of course, provide any meaningful recommendations about somebody’s neurological or psychological condition compared with their pre-TBI mental condition — because we simply can’t go back in time to capture the pre-TBI state.

Yet, now, two-ish years post-TBI and perhaps a year and a half after the initial Neuro-Psych eval, perhaps this is a good opportunity to compare.

Annoyance? Reminder…

On By JohnIn photography, psychology, techLeave a comment

<rant>

There is a special place in hell for anyone who shoots portrait-orientation video.

It’s right next to people who edit that portrait-orientation video by rotating it to fit within a landscape orientation.

It’s taking a pile of crap and dousing it in more crap.

Stills? Fine — shoot them in whichever orientation you like.

But video? Turn the effing phone sideways to capture the scene in landscape.

</rant>

The Toolbox Fallacy

On By JohnIn psychologyLeave a comment

If you wait until x, you can’t do y.

Of if you only had x, then you can do y.

Don’t make excuses for not doing what you want to do. Do it.

The associated post is here. Go read it. Well, read it first. Then watch the video.

Somewhat related, not starting/buying/doing/going until a perfect th’need is available. There’s probably a Fallacy name for that.

It probably falls quite squarely within the Toolbox Fallacy.

In the end, if you make excuses to not do x until a better y is available, then you will always be waiting.

Just do.