“Your mindset is everything. It shapes your world and your reality. Choose wisely.”
- unknown
I’ll share some of my own examples of when I needed to shift my mindset and how it affected me.
• Waking up exhausted: often I would find myself feeling exhausted the moment I woke up. And the first thing I would say was ‘I am exhausted’ and I would find that I felt low and groggy all day.
Then I began to tell myself ‘I am not tired, I am ready to face the challenges of the day’. When I did this, my day was more productive, I got through so many tasks and errands. I also got any exercise done then too! I no longer felt exhausted but rather looked forward to the day.
• Travelling to work: when I first started at my job, I had so much travel anxiety because some days it took me 2 hours and some it took me just over an hour to get to work. I would panic as soon as something went wrong in my travel, such as missing the bus at the time I wanted to take it.
So what I started doing was whenever I did something different in my travel I told myself ‘different journey’. Now whenever something goes “wrong” in my travels I tell myself ‘different journey’ to remind myself that nothing is going wrong in my travel and that it’s simply a different direction in my travels.
• Not losing weight: my body is the type where my weight fluctuates a lot. During my menstrual cycle I tend to gain weight. It’s always something that stresses me out. However I have been shifting my mindset to remind myself that at least I am healthy and alive. That I have the choice to take care of my body and choose a healthy lifestyle. This way I am not filled with self-hating thoughts but rather with thoughts of care for myself. To love myself.
• Applying for jobs: I went 7 months of being unemployed and I hating myself for quitting my old job. Whenever I applied for a job the response I got was ‘unfortunately…’ seeing that message so much I began to think that I was an unfortunate soul. I pitied myself and starting to show signs of depression. Until I continued to apply for jobs and remind myself that the right job would come along. I shifted my mindset to believe that I just hadn’t applied for the right job yet. When I believed that, I felt enthusiastic to apply for jobs, and then the right ones did respond to me.
I have found that shifting my mindset brings better results to my mental and physical health. Maybe all you need to do is shift your mindset to get out of a rut.
Love,
Imaan
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