This week, I am taking note throughout the day of the thoughts that race through my head. My thoughts are heavily pre-occupied with not having enough time to get things done. I am quite aware of this (and am actively trying to get a handle on it), but I wasn’t aware of the negative messages I keep repeating to myself, such as:
- I can’t get anything done.
- I don’t have any time.
- Angry messages to myself of, “why haven’t I done that yet?!?”
Anxiety is an inhibitor to tapping into creative flow of ideas and possibility. I have been trying to solve the problem by getting the thoughts out of my head and assigning clear next steps to each of them. However, before I do this, I need to eliminate the negative messages which are reinforcing my anxiety.
How do you eliminate negative thoughts? You don’t. You can’t force thoughts out of your head. Instead, observe them and accept they are there. When you observe you thoughts without getting attached to them, change happens naturally.