Interestingly, my mother seems to have a selective blankness. When it comes to solving her day to day problems in arenas she’s experienced with, she’ll just come up with a solution. Whereas if you change it to e.g. dealing with a computer, there are many problems she has but doesn’t really try to solve. I wonder though, if she were younger, would she be much more action oriented than she is now? Regardless, she explicitly believes that people can solve anything they put their mind to. On the whole, her position seems healthier, as she tries things much more than the average person.
Interestingly, my mother seems to have a selective blankness. When it comes to solving her day to day problems in arenas she’s experienced with, she’ll just come up with a solution. Whereas if you change it to e.g. dealing with a computer, there are many problems she has but doesn’t really try to solve. I wonder though, if she were younger, would she be much more action oriented than she is now? Regardless, she explicitly believes that people can solve anything they put their mind to. On the whole, her position seems healthier, as she tries things much more than the average person.