Interrupt your thoughts

Let me just tell you one thing first. This is easier said than done.

There is a great post at Life Clever about flipping your thoughts, but I believe before you can flip your thoughts you first need to be aware of your thoughts. You need to be able to interrupt yourself when you’re experiencing negative thoughts and feelings, and this can be tricky. You might find yourself keeping up with this for a few days, but then you get stuck into something that frustrates or annoys you, or gets you experience some sort of negative thought that you forget to interrupt and flip.

In a presentation I once saw or heard by Tony Robbins, he speaks of undertaking a 1 week trial of positive thoughts. The idea is to only think positive thoughts for one week. This doesn’t mean though that you don’t think anything bad, but as soon a negative thought pops into your head, you immediately interrupt yourself and flip your thought into something positive. And, like I said, this can be challenging, as it means you need to be constantly aware of your thoughts and feelings.

I don’t have problems flipping my thoughts, but I definitely struggle at catching myself when I am in a negative state.