End of the Worst Decade or Beginning of your Best?
by admin on December 31, 2009
in Motivation/Goals
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Will this New Year’s Day ring in the end of the worst decade ever?
That’s the claim made by Time Magazine, which recently featured an eye-catching cover of a crying baby in a party hat with the headline “Decade from Hell.”
According to Time, some of the worst events of the “worst decade ever” began with the disputed election of George W. Bush as President, which was followed by the 9/11 Terrorist attacks. There were continuing military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and a series of major natural disasters, including a tsunami in the South Pacific, Hurricane Katrina in the U.S. South, and major earthquakes in India and China. As the decade ends, we have double digit unemployment and a global economic crisis.
Granted it was a tough decade, but hardly the worst ever.
Those who are familiar with history can think of rougher decades, such as the 1930s, which saw the Great Depression, or the 1940s, when World War II brought worldwide chaos. The 1860s were another rough decade in the U.S. due to the Civil War. And then there were the 1340s, when the Black Plague led to the deaths of almost half the population of Europe. Viewing this past decade with respect to history puts things in perspective. We’ve had a tough decade, but probably not the worst ever.
By focusing solely on the problems of the past decade, Time Magazine is engaging in the type of thinking that leads many people to anxiety and depression.
