Get Free of Economic Doom – Watch the Stories you tell Yourself :: February 2009

By Andrew Burnham - February 03, 2009

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Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

Drop Negative Stories

Whenever you find you are creating a negative story around a situation or an event, stop it. Drop it like you would a hot pan. This is challenging but the rewards are huge. You could also counteract the negative story by focusing on something else or interjecting another thought.

Arresting Stories that have No Benefit

When I start to become worried about the economy I might say ‘this is natural’, and it is ‘normal for economies to go through cycles’, remembering some education I had in economics. Maybe these thoughts are true and maybe they are not. What matters most is that I am successful at arresting a negative story that is about to control my thinking, drain my energy and cut my effectiveness by half. Are the stories you are telling yourself helping?

This thinking will not change the situation. But if you could change the situation, the economy, than focus on that and call me. My guess is that for the time being, you can’t change the outside but you do have the power to keep your inside world free of stress and suffering.