Psychology Around the Net: July 18, 2020

What’s your quarantine cleaning personality? How can emotional intelligence benefit the workplace? Could it be more effective to modify, rather than eliminate, a bad routine? Answers to all these questions and more in this week’s Psychology Around the Net! Stay well, friends! There Are 5 Quarantine Cleaning Personalities—Which One Are You? When this showed up in my inbox, I thought it was going to be a cute little listicle or fun quiz to pass the time, but actually it has some nice insight! Find out your quarantine cleaning personality, why you lean toward that style of cleaning, tips for reigning it in if it becomes more harmful than helpful, and more. The Psychology Behind To-Do Lists and How They Can Make You Feel Less Anxious: Creating to-do lists give us a sense of control, and crossing items off those lists is just so satisfying, isn’t it? A good to-do list can provide structure and give a visual account of everything we’ve accomplished during the day. So, what happens if you reframe your to-do list as a set of miniature daily goals and use the checklist as a plan of action, or steps, to achieve the goals? Would you enjoy even more benefits, or would this cause the kind of stress you’re trying to avoid? Getting Stuck in Bad Routines: Like to-do lists, routines can be good; also like to-do lists, routines can be…well, bad. Rather than eliminating a bad routine (which would seem to make the most sense, right?), what would happen if...
Source: World of Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Psychology Around the Net Emotional Intelligence goals language Personality quarantine routines to-do lists workplace Source Type: blogs