A common theme in the office this week has been that the one thing we can be sure of is that everything changes. When we feel anxious or low, we may look toward the future with negative goggles. For example, if we are having a low day today, we may tend to think that the party we have to go to next week will be terrible because we are not going to be in the mood for it, and the very thought of getting dressed up to go out makes us want to crawl back to bed. However, a lot can change in a week. Today, we could decide to make a change that will lead to a happier mindset next week, such as getting out for a 20 min walk every day (yes the weather is terrible but there's always wet gear!), or starting a mindfulness practice, or a yoga or gratitude practice, or eating healthier food. The negative goggles might try to convince you that these won't work, but have faith, science has proven these techniques have worked for millions of people, so why not you? If you can commit to ignoring the negative goggles for the next week, you never know what might happen.... “Everyone acts like nothing will change yet everything changes.” ― Meir Ezra
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