So I had another talk with the PhD psychologist today at the UU. One of the things that we discussed was identifying when I am filtering, overgeneralizing, magnifying, or having polarizing thoughts as these ten to result in negative thoughts and emotions which leads to more procrastination and worse psychological state overall. First, a bit of background (also, I have a latent class analysis running in the background so technically I'm working right now): Filtering is simply focusing on only the negative details while ignoring the positive ones. You "filter" out the good so you're only left with the bad. Case in point: we're in the middle of a big building process for a new level above our house. It's a big project that's had a major impact on our lives, but the result has been above what we expected. It's huge, and looks great. But..... the contractor removed our upstairs toilet a month ago, the electrician needs to finish up in the pantry so we can c...