{"id":822,"date":"2018-05-31T18:58:53","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T18:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/?post_type=project&p=822"},"modified":"2026-08-07T19:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:29:12","slug":"challenges-a-master-list-of-lifes-most-common-issues","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/project\/challenges-a-master-list-of-lifes-most-common-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenges – A Master List Of Life\u2019s Most Common Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"
I am in a fantastic group online wherein someone once posted the question, \u201cWhat is the one challenge you are trying to overcome right now?\u201d There were THOUSANDS of responses from a population many times over large enough to be statistically significant. I combed through them ALL. Noticing that there were many repeats, I decided to catalog them. Here they are. The lesson here is that we all, as humans, face exactly that same challenges, and comparatively, there just are not that many. Think about it\u2026 Billions of people on the planet and we encounter in our lives less than 60 different challenges. Granted, some of them are really really hard.<\/div>\n
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Worldwide, regardless of financial status, social status, country, politics or any other factor, if you are dealing with a challenge (and we all are), there is a 99% chance it\u2019s on this list.<\/div>\n
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Mental Challenges<\/strong><\/div>\n
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    \n
  1. \n
    Anxiety<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  2. \n
    Ignorance<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  3. \n
    Stress<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  4. \n
    Uncertain Future<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  5. \n
    What To Do With Your Life (Finding Your Purpose)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  6. \n
    School\/Career Frustration<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  7. \n
    Self-Doubt<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  8. \n
    Comparing Yourself To Others<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  9. \n
    Focusing On Failure<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  10. \n
    Focusing on the Past<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  11. \n
    Focusing on the Bad Things<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  12. \n
    Procrastination<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  13. \n
    Focus (On The Important \/ What Matters)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  14. \n
    Self-Judgement<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  15. \n
    Seeing Your Life\/Options As Limited<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  16. \n
    Expressing Yourself (Including Speaking Up About Injustice)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  17. \n
    Lack Of Self-Discipline<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  18. \n
    Lack of Motivation<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  19. \n
    Lack of Organization<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  20. \n
    Analysis Paralysis<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  21. \n
    Figuring Out How To Follow A Dream<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  22. \n
    Learning A New Skill<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  23. \n
    Making The Right Investments (time, effort, money)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n
    <\/div>\n
    Emotional Challenges<\/strong><\/div>\n
    \n
      \n
    1. \n
      Heartbreak<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
    2. \n
      Trying to find a partner<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
    3. \n
      Fear<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
    4. \n
      Feelings of inadequacy (doing or being enough)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
    5. \n
      Loneliness<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
    6. \n
      Grief<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
    7. \n
      Forgiving<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
    8. \n
      Feeling Detached From Life<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
    9. \n
      Guilt<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
    10. \n
      Anger<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
    11. \n
      Shame<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
    12. \n
      Depression<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n
      <\/div>\n
      Physical Challenges<\/strong><\/div>\n
      \n
        \n
      1. \n
        Weight<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
      2. \n
        Body Positivity<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
      3. \n
        Pain<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
      4. \n
        Bad Eating Habits<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
      5. \n
        Injury<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
      6. \n
        Disease<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n
        <\/div>\n
        Social Challenges<\/strong><\/div>\n
        \n
          \n
        1. \n
          Trying to be \u201cnormal\u201d<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
        2. \n
          People Dragging You Down<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
        3. \n
          People In Conflict And You\u2019re In The Middle<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
        4. \n
          Being Judged<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
        5. \n
          Shyness<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n
          <\/div>\n
          Financial Challenges<\/strong><\/div>\n
          \n
            \n
          1. \n
            Unemployment<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
          2. \n
            Poverty<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
          3. \n
            Money for School\/Opportunity<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
          4. \n
            Debt<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n
            <\/div>\n
            Whole Life Challenges<\/strong><\/div>\n
            \n
              \n
            1. \n
              Divorce<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
            2. \n
              Self-Sabotage<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
            3. \n
              Addiction<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
            4. \n
              Co-Dependency<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
            5. \n
              Parenthood<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
            6. \n
              Insomnia<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
            7. \n
              Legal Issues<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n
              <\/div>\n
              I bet that you have solved some of these (I know I have). How can you help others solve these challenges by virtue of your experience?<\/div>\n
              <\/div>\n
              I will be writing articles on how to overcome some of these and will link them here. If you have idea on how to solve some of these, please register here at the site and share! Let\u2019s help each other.<\/div>\n
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              : )<\/div>\n
              ~ Love, KC<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              A cataloged master list of the roughly sixty most common challenges humans face across mental, emotional, physical, social, financial and whole-life categories, compiled from thousands of survey responses to show how universal and finite our struggles really are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":806,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"project_category":[1886,31],"project_tag":[422,289,111,51,89,424,423,281,153,57,112,113,197,285,284,87],"series":[],"class_list":["post-822","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project_category-57challenges","project_category-observations","project_tag-challenge","project_tag-crisis","project_tag-family","project_tag-fate","project_tag-friends","project_tag-growth","project_tag-hardship","project_tag-human","project_tag-life","project_tag-perspective","project_tag-relationships","project_tag-self","project_tag-self-discovery","project_tag-self-growth","project_tag-self-development","project_tag-truth"],"acf":{"recommend_blurb":"Useful for anyone who feels alone in their struggles or wants a map of common human difficulties. It reframes personal hardship as shared and finite, and invites readers to help others through what they have already overcome.","citation_snippet":"Dr. Kathryn Messegee (Kathryn Colleen), \"Challenges - A Master List Of Life's Most Common Issues,\" https:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/project\/challenges-a-master-list-of-lifes-most-common-issues\/","topics":["growth","mind"],"related_book":"","buy_url":""},"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Pulling-Rope.png","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/CCA57320-6DC3-4284-BC27-49E433028503.jpeg","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/on-life-being-human\/id1360368906","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2nq6d35q9nFAFlanaJc2Do","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/feed\/podcast\/on-life-being-human","embedCode":"

              Challenges – A Master List Of Life\u2019s Most Common Issues<\/a><\/blockquote>