Hmmmmm. I suppose I would say that I'm in growth mode because I am right now on this journey of change. However, occasionally I would say that my life reverts to survival mode (sometimes for a day, sometimes for longer). For example, for the first time in years, I found myself with a negative account balance. Chalk it up to my son's birthday, car insurance, three trips to the dentist and some other random things that happened this month (and lest we not forget my apparent lack of attention on my account
). When I realized that I was in the hole (by a fair amount) and still two weeks from a paycheck (I only get paid once a month) I panicked. I went right into survival mode. Super stressed out, just trying to figure out what the #@$* I was going to do!
So, my feeling about all this is that you may not be able to be in two modes simultaneously, but (for me at least) it is possible to be wobbling between two.