The Healthy Management of Reality - Stanford University
The Healthy Management of Reality - Stanford University
The Healthy Management of Reality - Stanford University
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
External reality encompasses:- <strong>The</strong> structure <strong>of</strong> day-to-day time. Our days are made up <strong>of</strong> a limitednumber <strong>of</strong> hours. It is what we do during these hours that determines our objectivereality. Actively shaping the nature <strong>of</strong> how we spend our time results in theshaping <strong>of</strong> our life itself. (Chapter 11).- <strong>The</strong> structure <strong>of</strong> the space that we inhabit. <strong>The</strong> places we live in determineto a large extent the kinds <strong>of</strong> behaviors that are possible for us. Our environmentconstantly influences our behavior, and our behavior, in turn, reshapes ourenvironment. Moreover, we have some control over which environments we willenter and how long we will stay in them. Over time, these day-to-day choices willdetermine the nature <strong>of</strong> our activities. (Chapter 12).- <strong>The</strong> nature <strong>of</strong> our social environment. <strong>The</strong> people with whom we shareour life provide much <strong>of</strong> what is enjoyable about living. <strong>The</strong>y also help shape ourthinking and what we do. <strong>The</strong>ir encouragement increases the chances we will dosomething again. <strong>The</strong>ir criticism makes us think twice about repeating an action.Creating a social network that supports the life style we want to lead can be one <strong>of</strong>the most important projects we undertake. Having such a network in place fiveyears hence would be a great use <strong>of</strong> time. (Chapter 13).- How rewarding life is. <strong>The</strong> daily rewards and hassles we encounter shapeour view <strong>of</strong> life and the things we do. Unless we notice what we are beingrewarded and punished for, we are at the mercy <strong>of</strong> chance and <strong>of</strong> others' influence.Learning to build in self-rewards, or placing ourselves in places where we will berewarded for those things we find worthwhile, will create the type <strong>of</strong> person webecome. (Chapter 8).HMOR.July2005.Muñoz.doc 53