What You Think Matters
Hi Everyone!
Today, I am talking about how what you think or say to yourself matters. A few days ago I listened to a podcast episode that really struck home with me. I honestly think that it would probably strike home with most of us. I will attach it below, if you are interested in listening to it as well.
Something that stuck out to me was the host asking, “how many times do you say I HAVE to do something a day?” I realized that I say that will almost everything I do. How does it make you feel about the activity if you have to do something. So how is that affecting me? It’s making me feel negatively towards my activity. It may be something I really want to do but when I say I have to do it, it’s attaching a negative energy to it.
Why not change this into, “I get to do this activity”. The host was saying how there are so many people in this world that don’t get to do what we do. For example, instead of saying “I have to go to the gym”, say “I get to go to the gym”. Not only does it make you feel better about being able to do the task, it can help you to be more grateful for being able to do it. Do you know how many people that would love to go to the gym but can’t? Maybe they are injured, sick, or even paralyzed. We are so lucky that we are able to do the things that we are. Another example, “I have to go to work today.” Why not, “I get to go to work today”. There are so many people out there looking for jobs today. We are lucky to be employed. This is only scratching the surface. Think about what you say you have to do and start to correct yourself to say you get to do that thing.
https://omny.fm/shows/the-mindset-mentor/affirmations-for-success-speak-like-this-every-day
So I got all of that from one 20 minute podcast and it got me thinking about other thoughts we have and what we could learn to change them to.
Here are some examples:
Instead of, “I messed this up,” “What did I learn?”
Instead of, “This isn’t working”, “What can I change”.
Instead of, “I’m horrible at this”, “I’ve never done this before, I am learning.”
Instead of “I’m failing,” “This didn’t work, let’s try something different.”
Instead of “How could I be so dumb”, “Everyone makes mistakes.”
I really hope you enjoyed today’s post. Let me know what you think and if you end up trying this out for yourself! Thank you for reading, if you love this content please subscribe below.
