September and October: An Update

So I didn't post about the results of my September habit or tell you what I was going to do for October. Sorry.  My September habit of eating a frog every morning went really well.  Almost too well.  Like maybe I wasn't eating my biggest or ugliest frog well.  But I really felt more productive and that is the most important thing.

For October I decided to do a hard one.  I wanted to think more positively.  I've noticed since being married that not all humans talk negatively to themselves all day.  It seems to really increase confidence and self love to think and talk positively about yourself.  This is a hard one.  It seems too vague to just say, "Ok think nice things" or "Remember to talk good about yourself to yourself!"  So I looked around for something to help.  I didn't have to look far.  My mom, who is a therapist, posted a link to a site that takes you through the steps to "detox" your brain.  The method and website was developed by Dr. Caroline Leaf.  She sells books about brain stuff, "Switch on Your Brain", "Who Switched Off Your Brain?",  etc.  She has developed a 21 day brain detox program where she takes you through the process of tearing down specific toxic thoughts, all while building up and creating positive healthy thoughts.  Each day, you watch a video and do some exercises to do just that.  After reading about the program, I decided it was exactly what I needed.

It may be, but UGHHHHHH!  Not fun.  Not at all.  Something about the method really turned me off.  I should probably have read "Switch on Your Brain" first because each time I would sit down to do the thinking exercises, I couldn't concentrate.  I could get my brain to think or focus on the things I was supposed to.  Also, each time we think our specific negative thought, you are supposed to do an active reach, which the method by which we change our negative thought into a positive one.  We are supposed to do our active reach 7 times per day.  But I found that unless I am having a bad day, I don't think my toxic thought 7 times a day.  That is a good thing until you see me on my bad days.  :] So all this has made it really tough to stick with it.  I am on day 12 of 21.  I have been all over the place with it and am not sure that it is working.  I'm going to keep plugging away at it though because Dr. Leaf is very convincing about how important it is to detox your mind.  Here is an example of how much so.