How do you cope with uncertainty?
A response from Kylie Gallagher at MIT: I cope with uncertainty by not thinking about what could happen or what is uncertain and focusing on things that I do know are certain.
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What happens to your body when you encounter the unknown?
A response from Julia Balla at MIT: I don’t really enjoy the unknown and I usually prefer to stay in my comfort zone. For this reason, my body becomes tense and stiff. I even forget to breathe when I am too focused on the unknown situation, which only makes me …
How do you cope with uncertainty?
A response from Abilash Prabhakaran at MIT: I like to take take a big breath or take some rest. I like to find a big lounge and lie around as well.
Why are existential questions of being, interdependence, and coexistence, vital in these times of readjustment of powers and values?
A response from Moctar at MIT: Being able to enter into another world and understand/perceive this current world differently is important in being able to recognize the situation in the present and one’s place.
Why are existential questions of being, interdependence, and coexistence, vital in these times of readjustment of powers and values?
A response from Laura Restrepo at MIT: Because we realize that there is not such a thing as an individual destiny. The crisis of the world is not only a crisis of scarcity of resources, excess consumption, or inequality but a rupture that derives from a fragmented vision of the …
How do you cope with uncertainty?
A response from Olivia Valle at MIT: Pray that I accept the things I cannot change
How do you cope with uncertainty?
A response from an audience member at MIT: I do not cope with uncertainty well. I overthink and think of all possible outcomes when I encounter uncertainty. Uncertainty definitely intimidates me.
How do you cope with uncertainty?
A response from Dechen Rota at MIT: I tend to freak out and demand an answer or a solution. Which i recognize is not healthy nor is it effective. It’s difficult to deal with especially because it makes you feel out of control and that u have no control of …
How do you cope with uncertainty?
A response from Angela Su at MIT: I cope with uncertainty by realizing I am not alone and I have people supporting me.
How do you cope with uncertainty?
A response from an audience member: Occasionally, in cases where I am not certain of an outcome to a situation I find myself in, I find it useful to think about the best case of outcome I expect and how life could be with that expectation being a reality. I’m …