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Ugh.There comes a time in all of our lives when we’re feeling a little down, a littledefeated. When it seems like nothing is going our way. It’s not like we’vecompletely given up (although sometimes we have), but at the same time, thestruggle is very real.You could be facing a massive problem: You got laid off, your spouse filedfor divorce, you wrecked your car or maybe all three at the same time. Somuch for that lucky charm huh?Or it could be something less serious: You lost your favorite shirt. Yourglasses broke. Your dog used your mail for a toy. You didn’t get much sleeplast night. You burned dinner.The thing is, the negative experiences we have rarely stay contained to thatone issue. They spread. Like a toxic chemical, they seep into all aspects ofour lives.If you’re having financial trouble, you’ll either consciously or subconsciouslystress about it at dinner, which means you don’t enjoy our meal. You startfeeling on edge around family. You feel resentful toward your spouse anddistant from your children. You’re annoyed when your dog barks or whenyour neighbors make too much noise. Little things like traffic and long linesbegin prompting your frustration.It’s like our whole life is tainted, as our smaller problems leak into the biggerpicture. Like a coffee spill on your desk, small problems quickly spread andcreate bigger ones as the brown liquid relentlessly heads for your laptop,phone and stack of bills while you hopelessly pad at the random chaos withyour napkin in some forlorn attempt at denying the disaster, it even creates abigger mess.That little mess can influence all areas of your life until your emotionssurrounding that one area become the lens through which you see everything.
You end up thinking...“Life is too hard”“I’ll never make it through this”“Everyone’s a jerk”“I’m done with this s***”None of these sentiments reflect reality, (no matter what you might currentlythink), but rather your perception of your reality. Unfortunately, knowing thismakes no difference whatsoever when you’re stuck right bang in the middleof it all. And, of course, all of this only makes things somehow even worse. Anegative experience of myself and/or my life doesn’t help me overcome whatI’m dealing with, let alone enjoy my life.To deal with this, we need to shift how we view our problems and the worldand adopt a new, powerfully optimistic and grounded approach.That’s why my next personal assertion is, “I got this”.PUTTING PROBLEMS IN PERSPECTIVE“If all our misfortunes were laid in one commonheap whence everyone must take an equal portion,most people would be content to take their own anddepart”- SocratesEveryone has their problems, and life isn’t always perfect. It never will be. Itwasn’t 2,400 years ago, when Socrates was around, and it certainly isn’ttoday.But if we’re being brutally honest with ourselves, we’ll realize that our ownproblems are pretty insignificant compared to the rest of the world’s. Really.Think about it.If you’re reading this, chances are your life isn’t as hard as a child in Somalia
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It’s not that I’m anti-planning
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- EpictetusThe next time you catch
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But when you make a plan, what do y
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“It’s this simple, in order to
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anxiety or worry has completely dis
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STOP BUYING YOURSELF OFFWe’re con
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Don’t start listing all the reaso
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expansion and power. It’s on my w
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ABOUT THE AUTHORGARY JOHN BISHOPBor
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