There is a big difference between being genuinely sorry and being sorry because you feel you have to be.

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Cognitive dissonance is an uncomfortable feeling caused by holding conflicting ideas simultaneously. The theory of cognitive dissonance proposes that people have a motivational drive to reduce dissonance. They do this by changing their attitudes, beliefs, and actions. [2] Dissonance is also reduced by justifying ( Read more... )

I'm not really sure what I want to do with this thing, just that I want to do something with it.  Maybe just talk about whatever I want to talk about.

Topics from now on will range from makeup to philosophy, hair products to politics.  The important thing is that I write something, anything.  To get back into the swing of things.

When we were younger, still in our Osh Kosh overalls, elementary school teachers all over the country had us play that telephone game.  They would whisper a phrase in one student's ear.  That student would then whisper it to the person next to them, and so on.  After the message had gone full circle, we would all laugh because the message was never ( Read more... )

Rosy Retrospection refers to the human tendency to recall the past as far more enjoyable than it actually was. This is probably because of the human tendency to deny the influence of the past on the present.