{"id":1199,"date":"2024-01-14T08:07:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T04:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/?p=1199"},"modified":"2024-01-14T08:11:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T04:11:28","slug":"the-fork-in-the-road-either-or","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/14\/the-fork-in-the-road-either-or\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fork in the Road: Either | Or"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It seems like a toss up. Well, it isn&#8217;t. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/07\/choice-architecture-decision-making-the-miracle-on-the-hudson\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Choice architecture<\/em><\/span><\/a> has its say and it is actually pointing us in the right direction. Provided, we are prepared to walk that path.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A slight recalibration is all that might be required. To alter a habit, for the better. You want to be heard. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Or<\/em><\/span> have you considered <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>listening<\/em><\/span> instead? The temptation is to doom scroll on social media and post a nasty comment. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Or<\/em><\/span> would you opt to call someone and make their day? Taking a nap looks enticing. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Or<\/em> <\/span>you go for a walk and get some me-time. You can make a purchase for interim joy and the thrill of the chase(and add to the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Stuffocation<\/em><\/span> at home). <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Or<\/em><\/span>, you can consider making a donation. Reacting angrily to an email might be the go to default. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Or<\/em><\/span>, perhaps a polite conversation can clear the air.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/FAY-LURE.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There is a GPS setting of our mind. There too, you can avoid tolls. It might be the route less trodden but a journey worth embarking on.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ready to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandknewmag.com\/ready-to-be-a-contrarian\/\"><strong>Contrarian<\/strong><\/a>? <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Or<\/em><\/span>, you prefer staying the course?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ENDS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; It seems like a toss up. Well, it isn&#8217;t. Choice architecture has its say and it is actually pointing us in the right direction. Provided, we are prepared to walk that path. &nbsp; A slight recalibration is all that might be required. To alter a habit, for the better. You want to be heard. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/14\/the-fork-in-the-road-either-or\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Fork in the Road: Either | Or&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1199"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1203,"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199\/revisions\/1203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}