Growth mindset - making time to grow
A while back, a fellow spousal caregiver friend sent me a link to Matthew McConaughey's inspirational video on the growth mindset. Growth mindset is not a new concept to me. As a teacher to students with dyslexia, I often speak of having a growth mindset and overcoming the obstacles set before them by their genetic weakness in reading. However, I had never quite heard it in this way - making time in your life to do the things that are going to help you grow. In other words, getting rid of the things that are holding you back, like spending time with the wrong people, or being constantly glued to your phone. And going for the things you never seemed to have the time for before. I actually tried to do those things for a while, and I made a great deal of practice, then I fell back into my old habits. The truth is, I started this post a long time ago, and never finished it. Because I didn't really know where to go with it. I wasn't really practicing this. Not with fid