This is in continuation of my earlier post.
Negative thought #1: I'm too tired to get out of bed.
Positive thought #1: You're doing this for your future...Get out of bed and do 15 minutes and after 15 minutes you still are too tired then go back to bed.
Negative thought #2: I have too much homework to take the time.
Positive thought #2: Getting in some exercise will help me focus and maintain my homework level easier and accomplish more in a shorter amount of time.
Negative thought #3: I'm in pain.
Positive thought #3: If I exercise a few minutes several times a day for several days my pain will likely lessen and provide me with more energy to be happier.
Negative thought #4: I can't!
Positive thought #4: Who besides yourself has ever told you can't was a word. You CAN! Now prove it to yourself.
Negative thought #5: I've been fat my whole life...what difference does it make?
Positive thought #5: I want my dreams to come true in the future and that future begins with now. Your past has brought you to an unhappy place and now it's your turn to take back your life and live it the way YOU WANT TO!
This experience was actually kind of fun and easier when you got going....it's unreal to stop and think about how many times you are negative to yourself when when you don't talk out loud...sometimes the most damaging conversations we have are with ourselves in which nobody can hear us!
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I think you are so right that people don't always realize how negative they are being. I also recently discovered that about myself. Maybe not discovered, but admitted to myself that I'm a pessimist and always see the worst in so many situations. I think this exercise would be hard for me. The hard part for me is not just saying the positive part, but actually BELIEVING it.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you're sharing your struggles. I hope you're getting strength from yourself and from other people by getting these thoughts down. I know you're still inspiring me. You're not alone.
-Jamie M.