A friend has been waiting to hear about an application she submitted. It was taking a while…longer than she thought it should, and we were comparing prior experiences with this process. She was worried about so many layers of so many possibilities – reasons that maybe kinda could be coming into play that might be slowing down her application.

My friend went deep into MSU – not the college or university, the mental state of Making Stuff Up.

Humankind learned and passed on knowledge long before the invention of printing presses and written language through stories. Our predecessors used storytelling to share wisdom and warnings and to entertain each other.

Our brains love stories, and in the absence of direct proof, our brains can make up some incredible stories! Usually when we go to MSU, our brain is making up a story that’s far worse than any eventual reality turns out.

When something not optimal is happening in your life, resist the temptation to make up stories about what might be behind it – focus on something that’s within your control and let the other thing play out as it will.

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