Log #1 mindset is everything
I learned that determining my mindset when I am inevitably going to be dealing with that inner critic that catastrophize’s every little issue, which may often be many, isn’t always the easiest to control. Finding that glimmer of sanctity amidst any chaos arriving has helped me to reset and ground my mind from going down a tangent and establishing a pattern of unhelpful thoughts and in turn manifest as my actions. Instead of thinking “Oh life just keeps getting harder” in the progressive sense, I will tell myself “Life is meant to be hard” (whomp whomp 🤷♂️)in the constant development sense….if that makes sense. This way I shift my focus from a pessimist to an opportunist mindset. I find myself lulling into these extended droughts of productivity where I have no drive to better myself, or our situation, which continually festers until it’s mentally unbearable. At that point it’s extremely tough for me to get out of that rut, yet I must. Historically I have never been keen on verbalizing and truly processing my psychological side, as calm and collected as I can appear at times, but I feel this meditation is a fantastic tool to logically come to conclusions about what craziness I may have just experienced. I’ve got to do my best to recognize and process key issues from whatever just happened, communicate what’s on my mind the best I can with what I’m feeling, not what I feel others would want me to say, establish a plan and TAKE ACTION to get to an end goal for whatever said situation’s resolution. Wordy, I know, but new to this. ❤️