Tales of a Shrink

Someone requested that I do the Friday Fives again, like I used to. So here we go, a couple of days late:

1. Do you trust your instincts?
Yes I do. I always have, and they don't let me down. (In fact, when discussing a client at work I often say that I believe something because "it's a gut feeling." I'm usually right, and now my coworkers have also learned to trust my instincts.)

2. Get up and go or plan, plan, plan?
Plan, plan, plan. I start every day with an intention.

3 Do you ask for directions when you are lost or do you keep on going? I keep going, but the real truth is I don't get lost. I sometimes get turned around, or go past my exit on the expressway, or something like that. But I honestly remember only a handful of times in my life that I was actually lost and couldn't find my way.

4, Right now: do you know which way is east?
Of course. I'm facing east right now. 99.9% of the time I know which way I'm facing. Even on airplanes, in cars, on boats--you name it. I've always been like that--my parents used to ask me when I was a child if they were driving east or west or north or south. It's not all that hard: If you're outdoors, direction is all about the position of the sun. Just look to where the light is coming from. If you're inside without a window, just remember which direction the building's entrance faces, and re-trace your steps in your mind.

5. If a tree falls in the woods, and no one hears it -- did it make a noise?
The traditional answer: Mu.

The Western answer: It depends on how you define noise. If noise is defined as vibrations in the air, then yes. If you define noise as something that someone can hear, then no.