Energy of Activation Anyone?
It’s Wednesday. Today is the day where you exhale slowly encouraged by the fact that the weekend is almost here. Go on–give that little exclamation of glee. “Hump Day”, as Wednesday is, maybe not so affectionately, referred to by many represents overcoming a barrier of sorts that is Monday and Tuesday. This idea actually draws from a chemical concept known as Activation Energy. It is that barrier or “hill” that must be overcome through the use of a catalyst so that products may be formed. This catalyst, which coaxes a reaction along, provides the much needed boost, this energy of activation, to propel us over the “hump” and into the downhill descent. Before I bore you miserably to death with talk of catalysts and chemical reactions, allow me to put things into perspective: you’re halfway there, those products (Friday and Saturday) are on the brink of being formed. Hang in there.