Been reading off & on a lovely book on loaner from my friend at Schmetterling Yoga. http://schmetterlingyoga.blogspot.com
I’m not done with it yet & therefore not able to give a fully digested summation, but basically it’s about the mistakes we make when imagining the future. The way the human mind works means that we inevitably distort reality through selectivity & omission & really should just quit believing so firmly in what we think. 
Find it interesting in relation to yoga as a useful tool in deconstructing how we think & what we think about. I’m a huge fan of using one’s brain, but also of understanding that it’s a tricky little bugger & must not be taken tooo seriously. Stumbling is a cognitive science-y light & humorous ride.
Here’s a few pithy bits. They are all supported by a bunch of psychological studies, mostly done on erstwhile graduate students.
“Perceptions are portraits, not photographs, and their form reveals the artist’s hand every bit as much as it reflects the things portrayed.” (p. 94)
“It is only natural that we should imagine the future and then consider how doing so makes us feel, but because our brains are hell-bent on responding to current events, we mistakenly conclude that we will feel tomorrow as we feel today.” p. 138
“Distorted views of reality are made possible by the fact that experiences are ambiguous — that is, they can be credibly viewed in many ways, some of which are more positive than others. To ensure that our views are credible our brain accepts what our eye sees. To ensure that our views are positive, our eye looks for what our brain wants. The conspiracy between these two servants allows us to live at the fulcrum of stark reality and comforting illusion.” (p. 188)
So things are likely neither as bad nor as good as one thinks. What you think you will feel about something in the future is likely wrong. Guess it is best to try & quiet the fluctuations of the mind (citta vritta nirodhah, for the Sankrit lovahs 
& not get too jacked up about living on a fulcrum.
Got into the early class then some time at the gym with Beloved Husband & extra stretchies. The household now is companionably reading & purring toether.
