We are Bombarded with Negative Messages
Replacing the negatives in your life. If you want to move your life ahead, try replacing the negatives in your life with positives. This article will show you how to take the negative influences in your life away and replace them with positives, increasing morale and productivity. Focus on the positive for success, peak performance, and happiness.
Most of us are unaware of the negative influences in our lives. We are bombarded with negative messages from the media, the people around us, and most damaging of all, ourselves.
The first step in the process of replacing negatives with positives in your life is to make a decision to start to become aware of the negative messages and to create ways to replace them with positives. Decide that you will focus on the positive in this world.
Steps to Replacing the Negatives in Your Life
- Cut down on the amount of news you take in
- Take breaks
- Limit the amount of TV you watch
- Limit your exposure to negative people
- Think about the positive things in your life
- Take care of your body
Cut Down on How Much News You Take In
Most People Start Their Day With the News
Begin to drastically cut down on how much news you take in by taking breaks from watching the news. ( Before anyone jumps at me, no, I am not suggesting to completely cut out watching the news for the rest of your life. I am suggesting that it is a good idea to take a bit of a break from the negativity, especially if you are in a sh#! mood.)
Most people start their day with the news. And of course, most of the news is bad news, fires, floods, etc. Then it is on to traffic and weather, which also stresses the negatives. So by the time you have finished your coffee, you have had enough bad news to last a week.
Does all this bad news make you want to throw open the door and greet the new day? No, quite the opposite. And how about the way we end the day? Many of us watch the news or hop onto social media before going to bed, giving us a big dose of negative information just before trying to go to sleep. Is it any wonder so many people have trouble sleeping?
The mood we are in before we go to sleep carries over to the next morning, so you are setting yourself up for starting the next day in a bad mood. Odds are you don’t need all that negative information you are taking in from the news, and you will function just fine without it.
Take Breaks
Replace the Negative News
Take breaks and replace the negative news with such things as, motivational tapes, uplifting music, and sites such as happynews.com, that stress good news. Also reading empowering books can help shift you from negative to positive. Books can be a fantastic way to recharge your life. Look for success stories, biographies of successful people, etc, and see what works for you. You will begin to feel better right away, and possibly even motivated to shift gears into a more positive outlook on life.
Limit the Amount of TV That You Watch
Get Lost in the Rabbit Hole
Your next step is to limit the amount of TV you watch. A recent study showed that 78% of the people watching TV are not interested in the program they are watching at any given time. So watching TV is probably making you bored at best, and taking you away from activities that would be more fun. Prime time is when most people watch TV; you can make it your prime time by turning off the TV and using that time to move your life ahead. Read a book, pick up a new hobby, or get lost in the rabbit hole of ideas on Pinterest….there are so many fun and positive ideas on Pinterest, see what sparks your interest.
Limit Your Exposure to Negative People
Freakin Energy Vampires!!!
Next, you need to limit your exposure to negative people. Most people don’t realize how draining it is to be around negative people, but they drain your energy and spirit in many ways….they are freakin energy vampires!!! Negative people pull you down, so work to remove them from your life to the extent you can. Never get involved in the office pity party, or complaint sessions that come your way.
Seek out people that support you, and that you feel good being around, not the people that suck the life out of you. I even cleaned out my Facebook friends list by either removing, blocking, or just stopped following the negative Nellies altogether.
The most damaging source of negativity is ourselves. Most of us generate lots of negative self-talk that our minds accept as the truth which results in our being held back in many ways. We focus on our shortcomings, and our problems, and spend our time predicting more bad news for ourselves, generating lots of fear and extreme anxiety, while undercutting our ability to try new things, etc. Begin to focus on the positive aspects of you. What are your unique strengths, what have you accomplished, and how are you different and better than other people?
Think About the Positives In Your Life
Give Yourself a Lot of Credit and Kudos
Use visualization and affirmations to build images of yourself accomplishing the things you want and use these to replace the negative images. Give yourself a lot of credit and kudos for everything you do right so that you are feeding yourself even more positivity about yourself (this will begin to snowball). Also, set aside three minutes every day to think about all the good things you have in your life right now.
You could even start a gratitude journal by setting a timer for three minutes and during that time, write down everything that you are grateful for. The process of thinking about and appreciating the good things in your life will generate positive feelings for you to carry with you throughout your day,
Take Care of Your Body
Don’t forget to take care of your body. Eat healthy, cut out some bad habits, and get regular exercise in order to boost your self-esteem while building your strength and endurance, so you can accomplish more.
Replacing the Negatives in Your Life
Conclusion
By replacing the negatives in your life, with positives, you will make yourself and probably the world around you a better place. You will feel better mentally and physically, and you will be able to accomplish many of the things you want to do. Nothing is ever accomplished without action, so start now to move your life ahead.
