Isn't it frustrating...
- Driving or taking public transport
- Getting ready in the morning or preparing for bed
- Exercising or simply walking between locations
- Unconditional Acceptance: Especially if some of these thoughts have echoes of critical people in your past, treating them like a scared frighten little child that needs unconditional affirmation and acceptance could be the best way to make peace. Here's an example of how I used this strategy to "kiss on the nose" my struggle with being a human doing instead of a human being.
- Outright War: If you find these thoughts are coming out of nowhere and are just frustrating, ridiculous and something you want to pummel. That's OK too. BUT first, turn these thoughts into accusatory "You" statements (such as "You are incapable of doing anything right") BEFORE you start to beat them up. (You don't want to attack your "I" sense of self worth.) Here's a step-by-step plan of attack.
About Real Life Eᅡᆴ
Elizabeth Grace Saunders is the founder and CEO of Real Life Eᅡᆴ a time coaching and training company that empowers individuals who feel guilty, overwhelmed and frustrated to feel peaceful, confident and accomplished. She is an expert on achieving more success with less stress. Real Life Eᅡᆴ also increases employee productivity, satisfaction and work/life balance through training programs.
McGraw Hill published her first book The 3 Secrets to Effective Time Investment: How to Achieve More Success with Less Stress. Harvard Business Review is publishing her second book How to Invest Your Time Like Money. Elizabeth contributes to blogs like Lifehacker, Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and the 99U blog on productivity for creative professionals and has appeared on CBS, ABC, NBC, and Fox.