How to be that annoying person who’s always positive and never let’s anything get to them
Your life will completely change the minute you realize that you’re not “an anxious person,” you’re just a person like everyone else with a different balance of mental muscles, and you need a comprehensive mental workout routine.
We have mental muscles just like we have physical muscles. Someone who never gets ruffled isn’t a different kind of person, they just have stronger mental muscles
We can cry about it, or we can get to work. Here are the 5 most important mental muscle groups you need:
The “Launch” muscle
Want to change your thoughts? Launch yourself into action, no matter how imperfect.
Actions change feelings which change thoughts.
Thoughts are a symptom of action, not the cause of it. Let that blow your mind for a second.
The “Witnessing” muscle
The ability to step back and observe your thoughts and feelings without reacting to them in a genuine superpower - and it’s not that hard to develop
I’ve seen clients go from 0 to 60 in a couple weeks just doing one simple exercise day.
The “Reality” muscle
Genuine positivity means facing the brutal facts of existence without ignoring them, fighting them or hating them. Life is tough sometimes.
If you can face reality and still exercise the last two mucles, you can survive anything.
The Faith muscle
Faith is not a mystery. It comes from experience. If you find yourself lacking faith, seek the experiences of deep connection that will make faith possible for you again.
The Gratitude muscle
Gratitude is not something the world has to earn by giving us things that are easy to be grateful for. The world does not owe us anything.
Gratitude is something we choose. It’s something we go seeking, specially when it’s not immediately obvious where to find it.
Which mental muscle are your strongest and which could use the most work in your life?
In resilience,
Caitlin