"Sometimes, when people see that their life is about to get a lot  harder, they start buckling down. Other times, they start despairing, or  complaining, or preparing excuses so that they can have one ready when  the inevitable failure hits, or giving up entirely and then failing with abandon.  These next few posts assume that you have the former demeanor, and they  might not be helpful to people who are inclined to respond to new  difficulties with despair. Remember the law of equal and opposite advice! (For every person who needs a certain piece of advice, there is someone else who needs the opposite advice.) 

With that said, I'm going to spend a few words giving some tips about how to have the former demeanor, if you want to."

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Original post: http://mindingourway.com/being-unable-to-despair/

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Replacing Guilt is written by Nate Soares and produced, with permission, by Gianluca Truda. The theme music is a remix of Algorithms by Chad Crouch.