Bart is reading this book about fixed mindsets versus growth mindsets. This means he is constantly telling me things like “Your attitude is that of a fixed mindset” or “You would be less stressed if you had a growth mindset.”
Tonight, when I was complaining about the THREE raging canker sores I have (appealing, yes?) and how they huuuuuuurt, he said “Don’t let them.”
Bart? I cannot “growth mindset” my canker sores away.
Thank you.
That’s what you get for marrying one of those intellectual types 🙂 funny story!
Ha! You just need practice! 😉
Janssen, have you even tried to growth mindset your canker sores away?
hahah…the joys of marriage. and men. 🙂
(might I suggest lots and lots of sleep? that might make them go away faster)
I once had a dentist that would say “I can give you some medicine and they’ll go away in 14 days, or you can just leave them alone and they’ll heal in about 2 weeks.”
I get them all the time too. I have one right now, in fact!
I feel so out of the loop not having a canker sore. I used to get athletes’ foot as a kid. Does that count? Instead of using growth mindset, I used fast actin’ Tinactin and that seemed to work pretty well 🙂
I’m a fan of the growth mindset in general. But I’m with you Janssen that canker sores are pretty much outside of the reach of the growth mindset. Sherry, maybe I need to practice growth mindsetting mine away.
Oh, how I can relate! My husband can “will” his hiccups away. I, apparently, do not have the mind capacities for such a feat.
Husbands! Sound exactly like something my husband would say! So yes, Merrick is my visiting teaching companion and she’s adorable! And how do you know Chloe? What a small small world! 🙂
Have you tried baking soda? It always works for me, though I generally use it in the very beginning stages to nip it in the bud.
[laughs] That’s great.
I do that when I read certain books, only I try not to share it. Have you read a book called something like “the bonds that make us free”? I don’t the exact name, but when I was reading it, I would analyze what people were doing all the time. You just can’t help it. But, you can keep your mouth shut…ha ha ha.
Husbands can be so helpful sometimes.