Good day! It’s a beautiful sunny day in Queensland, Australia and after a week’s worth of rain the blue skies look absolutely delightful.
Today I wanted to return to our adventure together as we explore your inner thoughts and the patterns you noticed while journaling. You can do this process with any journal you’ve written. It’s quite an enlightening experience.
Get your journal now and do a quick bird’s eye view of it by scanning it for negative words. Negative words include things such as “don’t”, “can’t”, “doesn’t”, “doubt”, “stuck”, “stressed”, “anxious”, “miserable” or heavy emotions such as “sad”, “depressed”, “angry” or “frustrated”, and so on. I’m sure you will find other negative words other than the ones you are reading here - you understand the context of your writing - but these words will give you an idea and get you started.
Circle the negative words individually. Do not include the whole sentence when you are scanning and circling, we just want the words themselves. Some negative themes might come in two word phrases and its okay to circle both words then. (But no more than two words in one circle).
Once again scan and circle to make sure you pick up all the negatively spun words. You are looking for words that are judging, critical, down, hindering your success, sabotaging, and so on. It’s important you identify all of them. Circle them without judgement. This is just a process of discovery, certainly not a judging contest about who has the most or least negative words/circles.
The next step is to circle all the POWER WORDS with a DIFFERENT COLOURED PEN or MARKER. The different colour is necessary so later you will be able to see it from a holistic perspective. The power words are ones such as “believe”, “seek”, “can”, “will do”, “accept myself”, “positive”, “strength”, or uplifting emotions such as “happiness”, “joy”, “love”. As before, be open to discovering any single words or two word phrases that indicate an uplifting feeling or are positively worded. As it is your writing, you will understand the context of it and therefore will be easily able to find the positive vibed words. Make sure you circle them all …. and with a different colour than the negative words.
Your habitual thought patterns define your life. By journaling you reveal the patterns. In this exercise of circling the words individually you can clearly see whether your thoughts are more positive or negative.
Positive thought patterns have the power to create or improve your life. Negative thought patterns keep you stuck in a certain cycle.
What direction do you want your life to take?
In a future blog I’ll be writing about how to change your thoughts so they are successfully aligned towards your dreams and goals. Please let me know if this BLOG has been helpful to you, or if you'd like anything clarified or more indepth.
Until next time… watch your thoughts with care! Be a witness to the life you are currently creating.
Much Love, Carmen
