Reading this part of the chapter was a real treat! I loved Browne's maxims. They were so positive and freeing! I think sometimes we get bogged down and we forget to appreciate ourselves. I consider myself a generally happy person. I've gotten significantly better at time management in the past year, which has in return, lowered my stress and negativity by loads. With this stress gone, it's a lot easier to focus on positive thinking and to appreciate myself. I find that I already exercise Browne's suggestions for many areas of my life.
"Recognize your own contribution." Yes. I do this. Not with writing, but with many other things in my life. But I'm definitely going to start applying these maxims to my writing.
"Discover what you can control: the who you interact with and how you react to interactions." I learned this one pretty young because my brother and I would fight and argue ALL of the time. My mom told me that I don't have to get upset and I don't even have to stick around to get in an argument. If he's starting to bother me, leave. Ever since, I make a point to interact with positive friends and peers. I don't like negative energy in my life, and I can control that for the most part!
"Don't waste energy expecting people to like your writing." This one was a newsflash to me, but it makes sense. This is something I'm definitely going to work on.
I won't go through all of them, but those three were my favorites.
I also like the list on page 160 about moderating hypomania.
Things I want to try out for my next BDS:
- beginning my days by slowing down, and writing with relaxed, softly smiling faces.
- replace pessimistic, fearful self-talk with optimistic and helpful thoughts
- reproducing the mild happiness at each pause/comfort break
- adding self-congratulations
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