Today we ask that you not waste time overthinking things.
People spend a great deal of time sitting around thinking, instead of actually doing things. Rather than do something, they think: “Should I be doing something else?” “Am I in this position I don’t like because I made a mistake in the past?” “Am I doing the wrong thing?” “The grass looks greener over there.”
Meanwhile, nothing is actually getting done. And you are wasting a great deal of time and energy.
Just focus on whatever it is you need to do right now. Do not be in two places at once — trying to do something, but thinking about all the other things you could be doing instead.
Settle your mind. Settle your mind.
Calm down.
You will accomplish very little with your brain scattered in all these different directions.
Most of you have things that you need to do; that must be taken care of. Instead of spending your time neurotically thinking about your past and future, get present and do what needs to be done today.
Settle your mind. Clean your home. Organize your clutter. Focus on the immediate tasks at hand. With a settled mind, and a clean house, other things will fall into place.
Settle your mind. Take care of your body, your home, and your immediate tasks. If you find yourself caught in a neurotic thought loop, break it. Get up. Go for a walk. Meditate. Exercise. Clear your mind.
Stabilize your energy, and everything else will fall into place.
so true. thanks. stability. balance.
This article is very equivalent to the general talking about positive thinking, in the sense that “just thinking positive” will get you anywhere you want to be in this world. It is true that it helps our lives, if we focus on the present, meditate and in other ways try to balance ourselves, but it is not something we can always resort to. This article does not explain why thinking about many things at once gets you nowhere, but what we see in todays global society is that we are presented with so many different options of choices which virtually paralyze us, because we don’t know which is the optimal option. The philosopher and sociologis Renata Salecl has written books about this subject, and so have a number of other thinkers. My point is, that we are not just engaged in mere speculation over our past, and the future, we are actually trying very hard to keep up with the world and everyday to reconsider ourselves in it!
We should rather be looking at the way we are approaching these thoughts and through that the way we approach ourselves, because the fact is, that a lot of the time, in our thoughts we tend to be negatively self-conscious, which leads to negative self-evaluation. This is why we don’t get up of the sofa, do the dishes, and make that creative thing we’ve always wanted to do. This article tells you about stabilizing your energy, you won’t get stabilized when your don’t accept yourself and the needs you have, and if you can’t calm down, accept it, if you keep getting negative thoughts, try very hard to remember that they are not always telling you the truth, they are not telling you, who you are and what you are capable of. Think of a situation where your thoughts told you that you weren’t good enough for some task (maybe at work, maybe in handling your children, it could be anything really) and then recall how you actually managed to do it anyway. So remember this if you already have a clean house, and are stil not getting anywhere. You can do it, but do it your way – do not compromise with yourself, there’s only one who has to live with it, and it’s you.
Many thanks for sharing this. Today’s blog post may help address some of these issues. The inner critical voice is, without question, a block that we all must continually contend with — the following post discusses that concern:
https://wordfromthewell.com/2012/07/26/the-critics-are-wrong-whatever-youre-doing-its-good-enough/
Thank you so much you gave me my answer.