(This post about keeping a “Something I Like About Myself” journal is from friend of the blog John Tchoe. If you are interested in writing a guest post, please e-mail stevenraymarks at gmail.com.)
I don’t know how needs this, but I had an idea this morning that may help some of you out there.
Every day for the last couple months, I’ve been filling a page with sentences beginning with, “I am grateful…”
I’ve found that this simple exercise has made me feel happier and reduces stress. It makes me feel like a lucky and fortunate person, and makes me want to be more generous toward others.
Defeating Negative Self-Talk
So this morning, I thought, what if you were to turn that inward?
I know a lot of people struggle with negative self-talk, and in their heads, are constantly putting themselves down.
When they are thinking about doing something, they say, “You’ll probably just screw it up again.”… Read more