I’ve been experimenting with a journal prompt that’s helped me beat myself up a lot less. So basically, I’m learning, the brain wants to missile-seek answers to questions it’s been asked. If the question is anything along the lines of why am I so dumb? why can’t I get it together? why am I so fat? etc., then those are the answers it’s going to seek, and those answers feel terrible. And if those are the questions we ask and the answers we get when trying to lose weight, or start a business, or have a better relationship with anyone, or a million other things, if that’s how we react, we’re going to feel like garbage, and we’re going to quit trying, because who wants to feel like that?! It’s easier to just watch TV or scroll FB or eat a million Tate’s Bakehouse gluten free cookies (*ahem*). But we can ask any question we want. So How can I love myself today? helps me be kind to myself, which makes me more likely to take the actions toward the goals I really want to reach, rather than at each failure (of many) beating the crap out of myself mentally. It’s working . . . I’m still moving forward. And it feels a lot better. Try it. ❤
