WEEK 5 - TBLS ASSIGNMENT
Do the following:
Complete one or more of the "Support Your Choices" exercises from pages 85-96 of the reading.
Using Microsoft Word of WordPad, answer the following question: How can you see this/these exercises helping to support the choices you've made to improve your outlook?
The support choice I choose was "reframing". Reframing is not about pretending things are great, but giving ourselves the opportunity to see things from a more optimistic angle. I choose reframing my thoughts to help support the choices I've made to improve my outlook on life.
When I find myself thinking things like, that won't work, or I won't ever catch a break, I ask myself: Is that really true and do I believe it with all my heart? That answer usually ends up as "no." I tend to choose powerful and negative thinking and make lists of reasons why it's not true.
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"Choice" - Scelta d'amore di Marco Musso
Cyberwarfare between the U.S. and ChinaI begin to see that my perspective was not based in reality. I then started to reframe my thoughts to the next best option. Instead of, that won't work; I tried maybe there is a way I can make that work. You'll find things working out much better.
First of all, you reframe your comments. When a negative statement is on the tip of my tongue, I change the shape of it. I tend to naturally respond defensively to negativity, even if it's not directed towards me. Instead of telling someone how bad their day is, ask them how their day is going. I can choose one or two things about my day that makes me feel good and talk about those good things. I found that soon I was finding myself focusing on the positive aspects of a situation to shift my mind...