1st Step
4 weeks ago
I’m starting by joking around more. I used to be goofy, but really proper about everything. That’s good in some situations, but in others, it makes me feel bored.
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How to be more optimistic
It made me
Empowered
 "Change your thoughts, change your life"
How I did it: Lots of reflections about my life. I realized that I've wasted my entire life thinking negative & being skeptical. It didn't get me anywhere good, just created everything that I invested my thoughts into. I reached a point where I can't afford screwing up my life by being negative anymore. At some point I started to feel that when something unpleasant happens, I notice that my mind automatically thinks of all the options that could make the situation much worse. That leaves me feeling OK with whatever life throws at me. Maybe it's because I've gone through many unpleasant, or, say, devastating changes for the past severa months, that nothing surprises me anymore. I've seen & experienced things & somehow survived just fine. That's what trained my mind to pay attention to things I do have, instead of those I don't. Simple things like going to the shower that has a shower head is a good thing. Or that a sink faucet doesn't drip all day long, driving you nuts. Or when you don't have a cat that sheds so bad that you eat its fur with food every day. I'm not exactly where I wanna be in my life but I'm content with it, still striving for things I want. My thinking improved a lot & therefore my life started to take a turn, giving me much more pleasant things & people. Lessons & tips: Constantly remind yourself of the fact that IT COULD BE MUCH WORSE no matter what the situation is. Also know that not a single thought leaves, it stays & creates your future! So if you want to make it good, think good. Resources: Attention, difficult personal experiences, observing those who are in worse situations than I. Reading.
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How I did it: What's the first thing you think about when you wake up in the morning? After "I want food", "I need a pee" or "I want to go back to sleep" that is.Pesimists think "Great. Another rubbish day. And i have to drag myself out of this crazily cosy bed"Optimists think "Another day, Another adventure"If your struggling to think postively, i reccomend that you do either the "Identify 100 things that make me happy" goal or even better, the "Ident… Read how I did it…
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Stop...
2 months ago
seeing the negative in everything I have now! Instead focus my energy into making it better. It will get better.
Or at least, smile because it’s not so bad. I need to work on this. It will help me achieve all my other goals.
lovelybutterfly feeling soo loved
I want to be an incurable optimist
3 months ago
I want to see the bright side of everything!
lyzzib feeling up to it
its important
3 months ago
i believe your thoughts and ideas manifest into your life. so why be so negative?
again....
3 months ago
I’ve always been optimistic – but have felt kind of deflated over the past few years….so it’s pick myself up time, dust myself off and keep reminding myself of all the good things that happen.
Things to be thankful for… I can change careers. Falling flat on my face gave me the opportunity to change my life and take a new path.
I can study for a qualification that I find interesting and will lead to a secure, well paid and rewarding job.
The job I have now, I found the week after deciding on the course and it fits in well with my chosen career.
I am moving to a new house so I’ll get some peace, quiet and independence.
TheRealMez is procrastinating... and thinking of drawing
Untitled
4 months ago
Hmm… following on from my last entry, the guy I mentioned, I’ve not seen or spoken to him in around a month now. I don’t know why. He’s rarely on MSN any more and when he is he doesn’t talk to me, and he never calls or texts anyway ‘cos that’s the way he is.
In this case, absence does not make the heart grow fonder. While I still think I like him, he’s not on my mind 24/7 like he was, so fuck it.
Today I found out that my sister is moving down to Poole in October, which, I must say, I’m not that pleased about because I thought me and her were really getting closer recently, but I guess it’s her life and she lives it for herself, not others. I think if I handle the move positively when the time comes, I will tick this goal off.
EDIT: What are the damned chances… he’s just started talking to me now. >.>
I wanna be more optimistic, just that
4 months ago
Almost every day I wake up and realize that I’m not satisfied with my life, because it seems to be way too full of negative emotions and stuff. Have to be more positive, that’s definite. Now all I have is to find a way to do that!
TheRealMez is procrastinating... and thinking of drawing
Untitled
4 months ago
I think I am getting exceptionally close to ticking this goal off. In recent months my mood has been higher in general and I have been trying to see the positives in every situation. I feel happier and more confident in myself.
I have had downers, as we all do, and for a lot of this year, they have been intense but short-lived, and I feel refreshed after each one… tends to be that I bounce back in a hyperactive mood most often!
Part of me wants to believe that both the ups and the downs have been thanks to a certain male friend I have made this year, who I feel close to, moreso than he does me. But alas, I will keep in regular contact with him and see where it takes us.
Untitled
5 months ago
Recently a lot of things have happened that have led me to feel like the world’s conspiring to make me miserable. Of course, I’m aware that this is an extremely arrogant and self-centred view of the world, which is the thing within myself that I’m trying to change. I want to be the sort of person who doesn’t allow outside events to damage how i feel about myself or my goals. I want to see the bright side of the bad things that happen, and let them make me stronger instead of bitter.
disenchanted184 is working on being more self-confident
Progress
7 months ago
I think that as my confidence increases, so does my optimism. In the last two weeks I’ve faced a painful breakup and I’ve lost most of my friends, but somehow I’m not that depressed over it. Obviously it’s still upsetting, but not to a point where I can’t continue to live my life and enjoy other things.
Lately my main goal is simply to just be happy. Sounds pretty basic, but it wasn’t always like that. I would be so convinced that nothing would ever get better that I would waste time thinking about the past and just wanting things to go back to the way they were.
Now, I feel like I’m a lot more open to change, even though it’s still hard for me. I just hope it stays this way! Then maybe I can finally check off this goal.
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