How is your holiday weekend going? Sunny? Peaceful? Stressed? Ruined? If you've come up with more answers than questions asked, you are overthinking. People tend to go inside their head to create worst case scenarios rather than addressing what's in front of them. Celebrating during the pandemic is strenuous to plan and tentative to attend. Social media portrays our desire to have a glamorous profile versus a truthful one. People will create a facade to hide their reality or build a wall to block access. Either way, it keeps others from entering in and enjoying the presence of you. As we work on the issue of overthinking, let's continue with some ways to confront those probing questions. As listed in Inc magazine, consider these tips:
1. Awareness is the beginning of change.
2. Don't think of what can go wrong, but what can go right.
3. Distract yourself into happiness.
4. Put things into perspective.
5. Stop waiting for perfection.
6. Change your view of fear.
7. Put a timer to work.
8. Realize you can't predict the future.
9. Accept your best.
10. Be grateful.
Compare your answers from yesterday and today. Are you noticing your pattern? Can you identify what you need to work on? As we finish this set of teachings, we'll dive deeper into strategies to combat overthinking.and practice more mindfulness. Thoughts? Share your comments below. Thank you for stopping by. Stay safe and stay healthy.
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