As we journey through life , we are but rarely in a state of happiness.But apart from the few of us who may really be unfortunate enough to repeatedly face difficulties in life,most of us are in a situation that is mostly neither good nor bad .. life just is what it is.Well,if we look at the overall picture,it may actually be pretty good, the fact that you’ve lived up to this age may be regarded as an achievement in itself .But the problem with the human mind is that we tend focus our attention(or should i say our Tension) on the Now.The latest problem at hand is often the only thing on our mind.We tend forget all that we are ,all that we’ve ever learned when ,all of our experiences that make us wiser and work in a sort of survivalist mode,constantly pondering how to get past the problem at hand.What we then end up doing is acting totally based on instinct.This method of unthinkingly racing towards any means to get rid of a problem works most of the time(in fact, almost all of the time);this is because the problem that we faced wasn’t that big a deal to begin with.You may think that you may have been extremely lucky or fortunate to get rid of your previous problem but the fact is that if you managed to get rid of the problem,there is no greater proof of the fact that you always had the ability to solve the problem. What i want to bring to your attention is that instead of relying on instinct , if we constantly step back,constantly rationalize and move towards our problems with a definite plan ,with a definite objective (however much of a compromise this objective may be,given the immensity of the situation at hand ) , we will always come out satisfied with the outcome whatever it ends up being.Being in control ,executing a set of actions that you’ve thought about before rather that doing whatever comes to your mind first will naturally produce a much better result in any situation. The worst part is that we may implement the above strategy once, but once this article is out of your mind we will again fall prey to our instinctual reactions because that is what evolution has made us do. Hence,we need to change our instinct itself and develop it into a more controlled rational artifice. This change wont happen automatically ,it must begin with some changes in our environment that remind us of our commitment towards this goal of reacting rationally.It could be anything that catches your attention constantly like your desktop wallpaper, a note on the wall,etc. Another thing we must remember is to not ignore what that wallpaper or note stands for. Every time we see that note we must ask ourselves what it really stands for and how am i going to implement that today.This constant reminder of rationality ,we must hope will slowly grow into an instinct of rationality.