I have a tendency to obsess over everything that goes wrong. What I constantly fail to remember are all of the great things that happen too. While I might have missed my Ram Van or got a bad critique on an art project, there are a million little things that can balance out all of these bad things.
I'm trying now to focus on these things. It's hard, especially when its so easy to focus on things that hurt my feelings or went wrong or that made me really mad. But at the end of every single day I have been trying to physically write down everything that went right or made me happy.
They don't have to be huge. They could be a nice conversation with my roommate, a good grade on an assignment or a really productive afternoon. By writing down these things, I think of them and physically see them written on a page. They make it easier to remember--especially on the bad days--that it's not all bad.
Being positive is hard for me, but by making this physical effort, I'm hoping it will start to be second nature over time.
I was especially inspired by this quote. :)
I really like this! I feel like i can get sucked into the bad stuff in my life and for me, constantly giving thanks really really helps! Maybe you could get a journal specifically for the good things and then you could look back on it in a year or so.
ReplyDeletethats a fab idea, espeially because i like cute lil notebooks
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