November was set aside for a Positive Focus, and the first week went well. The second week brought a slowdown to my progress. I doubted myself and deeply felt all the ways I need to improve and things I want to accomplish. But in the past week, I was able to refocus. I made a […]
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As my Positive Focus moved into its second week, I felt really good. I thought I had made some good progress last week, and had figured out what was most needed to improve. But I hit some road blocks this week. I should have expected this, because whenever I make a statement of intention to
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On November 1 I started a month long positive focus, where I wanted to really see how much habitual negativity I could banish from my daily routine. The first full week of my formal positive focus went smoother than I thought. Things that came easy In casual situations, like talking with a cashier, I found
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Negativity vs Positivity I have always thought of myself as a happy person. Always consider myself to be an optimist. I believe in the basic good of people, and of myself. But at times I have been confronted with evidence to the contrary: parents growing up, spousal arguments and good friends risking our friendship to
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