I regularly say this time tomorrow it'll all be over, and do usually find it comforting - depending on the level of dread. And now I say it to my daughter who doesn't find it comforting at all! Coin tossing - absolutely. I came across a verse about that very idea - by Piet Hein.
A PSYCHOLOGICAL TIP
Whenever you’re called on to make up your mind, and you’re hampered by not having any, the best way to solve the dilemma, you’ll find, is simply by spinning a penny. No — not so that chance shall decide the affair while you’re passively standing there moping; but the moment the penny is up in the air, you suddenly know what you’re hoping.
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Re: this time tomorrow and tossing a coin
Date: 2014-09-20 07:06 am (UTC)Coin tossing - absolutely. I came across a verse about that very idea - by Piet Hein.
A PSYCHOLOGICAL TIP
Whenever you’re called on to make up your mind,
and you’re hampered by not having any,
the best way to solve the dilemma, you’ll find,
is simply by spinning a penny.
No — not so that chance shall decide the affair
while you’re passively standing there moping;
but the moment the penny is up in the air,
you suddenly know what you’re hoping.