The last few months I’ve been sharing sentences that are effective in my life to shut down unconscious, unhelpful, negative thought loops in my brain. Another one of those sentences is, “This is happening for me, not to me.”
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In recent weeks I’ve been sharing sentences that are effective in my life to shut down unconscious, unhelpful, negative thought loops in my brain. Another one of those sentences is, “Every storm runs out of rain.”
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In recent weeks, I’ve been sharing sentences that help me waste less time sitting in unhelpful and unconscious thoughts and emotions. This week’s sentence is: “When you argue with reality, you lose, but only 100% of the time.”
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In last week’s blog post, I shared a sentence that helps to calm me when I feel overwhelmed when working. There are actually a few sentences that help to recenter me when things feel chaotic, and I’d like to share those comforting sentences in the weeks ahead. This week’s helpful sentence is, “Worrying is like paying a debt you don’t owe.”
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Have you ever been overwhelmed with the amount of work on your plate? At a past job, I was hired to support 3 people. That number grew to 5 people. And then it grew again to 10 people. When the number increased to 10, there were times pretty much every day when I would receive so many requests in a short period of time that my brain would start to freak out. Thankfully, after a few seconds of panic, my rational brain would come back online and whisper a consoling thought.
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I want us all to do our best to not let the one or two stressful incoming items mess up the whole wonderful day.
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In my last blog post, I talked about a mind trick that I perform when my energy is waning but I still have items left on my to do list for the day. The trick is to move the task on my list to tomorrow, and then I get a jolt of energy thinking of doing it today, which is now ahead of schedule. This isn’t the only mind trick that I use to manipulate my energy however. If that maneuver doesn’t work, my next step will usually be to visualize myself completing the task.
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Have you ever had one more thing on your to do list for the day but you didn’t feel like you had the energy to complete it? Sometimes when I feel like I don’t have the energy, I really don’t have the energy and my body or mind just needs a break. Usually when I really need a break, my mind doesn’t even allow me to think about the task that was left undone. My brain just peacefully lets go of it until the next day so I can rest today. But if I don’t think I have the energy, but my mind keeps ruminating on the task, then I’ll try a little mind trick.
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