Rats Country: Stop Waffling and Wash Your Hands

Put an End to Waffling Over Decisions

If you're second-guessing yourself about a choice you just made, head for the sink for a quick regret-rinse-off. Recent research from psychologists at the University of Michigan found that the simple act of washing your hands can help you to stop questioning your judgment. While the decisions being made in the study were trivial—ranking preference of one CD over another—this act of "cleaning the slate" by washing your hands may work to help you gain confidence in the bigger choices you encounter, too, like deciding which car to buy, or when to have a difficult conversation.



Read more: http://www.oprah.com/health/10-Easy-Things-You-Can-Do-to-Improve-Your-Life-by-Next-Week/5#ixzz1j5IXY4Lj

Ya think?

Rats Country: I (heart) Mondays, cont.

"... two important facts about our minds: we can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our blindness."
     from Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

On Mondays, we feel like we are seeing clearly.
   

Rats Country: I (heart) Mondays

It's 1/2/12.  One, two, one two, which sounds like, "Get ready, get set..."GO into 2012 with high hopes and exuberance!

Rats Country: Diane Keaton's mother said...

"...I keep a daily journal.  I like books, cats, nice people, good food, bourbon and sometimes gin, writing words, being alone."

from Dian Keaton's memoir, Then Again.

I'm in complete agreement, except for the cats.

Rats Country: Tipping Point at the Breakfast Table

She says:  "Blah, blah, blah."

He says:  "I can't hear you.  I'm chewing."

Rats Country: Oops! I missed Monday...

Oh well.  It would have been about gluttony and the assertion that there is no such thing as good turkey soup.  But...a friend posted this on my Facebook page the other day.  Not sure what it means.  I think it's a downer, though:

"If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans."

Rats Country: Here's a thought for Monday...

"For a moment everything was clear, and when that happens you see that the world is barely there at all.  Don't we all secretly know this?  It's a perfectly balance mechanism of shouts and echoes pretending to be wheels and cogs, a dreamclock chiming beneath a mystery-glass we call life...A universe of horror and loss surrounding a single lighted stage where mortals dance in defiance of the dark."

from Stephen King's new book, 11/22/63