You can decide who you want to be and how you want to show up to the world and to your loved ones. Building awareness of our thoughts and feelings is key in order to change them in a way that helps you feel happy and centered.
What if you could feel amazing everyday?
You can help shift how you feel with the following introspective questions to ask yourself. Read more to find out how.
Think of your ideal life and ideal self so you can be intentional with how you spend you think and react.
How would you act, dress, and respond to others and to life?
What kind of thoughts would your ideal self have?
What would your ideal self say to do about your situation?
Talk to yourself using how your ideal self would speak to you and have a voice of a kind friend, not one of judgement.
What would you tell your best friend or Mom to?
Who do you want to be?
You get to choose how you show up in life.
You get to choose who you will be and if you do not like something, you can change it.
You get to create a life you love.
Journaling and gratitude have been proven in studies to reduce depression and anxiety.
Even if you are not depressed or anxious, briefly writing down what you are grateful for (3-5 things) can improve your mood over time.
Journal prompts:
“What am I feeling right now and why?” and
“What feeling goes with the thoughts I had earlier.”
Ask yourself, “Why do I think or feel this way?”
“Is this a new experience or does it keep showing up?”
“What will I do about these feelings so they can be changed/transmuted?”
Reduce anxiety:
Try to find the cause and try to find a slightly better thought you can have that temporarily replaces thr anxious/worrying thought. Write it down.
Keep improving this thought either throughout the day or the week.
Make a “daily thoughts” journal.” The journal may include:
“What am I feeling right now and why” and “What feeling goes with the thoughts I had earlier.”
Ask yourself, “Why do I think or feel this way?”
“Is this a new experience or does it keep showing up?”
“What will I do about these feelings so they can be changed/transmuted?”
I hope some of these tips help you feel in more control of your life and to have thoughts become more intentional in shaping the life of your dreams!
It all starts with one small change at a time.