Imagine for a moment you can manage and decrease any negative feelings, decrease anger, sadness, and anxiety and simultaneously increase your quality of life. Wouldn’t that feeling be great? It is possible! Read on and I will show you how you can get started.
You can engineer your own happiness and decrease the stresses of life by retraining your brain. The first and foremost point is to focus on our daily thoughts and concerns. Most individuals categorize thoughts as either true or false. The premise is to change that thought process into categories as “helpful” or “harmful” thoughts. Applying this rethinking process permits one to respond to the situation in a more rational approach leading the way to feeling great.
Our thought patterns and interpretations of events greatly influence our behavior and ultimately on how we feel. By consciously and diligently working at changing your thought process (the way you see a situation or emotion) you can begin to modify undesirable behaviors-like depression and anxiety. You can begin to feel positive and look at life and situations in a “helpful” way. The goal is to recalibrate the part of your brain to a better, healthier thought process.
Writing down notes about thoughts and emotions are quite helpful. Write down in a simple sentence exactly what is the issue, what is bothering you and think of ways to improve the problem. Then counteract each “harmful” thought with a “helpful” thought.
Search for opportunities to think in a positive way. For example when you see a painting, do not focus on what may not appeal to you. Focus on what you do like and what may make you feel positive about that particular painting. Regularly applying this thought process trains us to look at other issues in life in a positive way. We are all creatures of habit.
We must also learn to accept disappointment in life. These situations are a normal part of life. Some disappointments are minimal and others are quite life changing. Some situations are completely out of our control and the “helpful “way of looking at this situation is to learn from the experience and think of how we can avoid it in the future. Frequently disappointments open new opportunities and actually contribute to personal growth and happiness.
We need to reshape thoughts on our views of certain situations. Step back and see if our views are based on fact or an inaccurate perception of what is going on. This is quite helpful.
End the day with a positive thought. Think of what you are most thankful for in life. Our pattern of thinking is akin to wearing a pair of glasses that makes us see the world in a specific way. Practice helpful thinking which will reward you with an excellent response to all the challenges we face in life.
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