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Food And Drink And Your Anxiety

July 21, 2020 John Uncategorized No comments

Anxiety is something we connect to the conditions around us. The bad stuff is always “out there.”

But GenuLines looks at how the things around you are impacted by what goes inside you.

Food And Drink And Your Anxiety

If you’re feeling anxiety you might tend to blame your environment. But what you eat and drink can have a big effect on your body’s chemistry.

Some foods and drinks may actually worsen your anxiety. Here are some of the culprits.

Drinks

-Coffee

As you might have expected, the caffeine in coffee can make anxiety worse. It causes constriction of blood vessels and that feeling of the “jitters.”

It can also cause or worsen insomnia. And it inhibits the absorption of Vitamin C, a key nutrient for optimal mind and body function.

-Soft Drinks and Colas

Even caffeine-free, sugar-free soft drinks, can worsen your anxiety. The high-acid content of dark colas produces an acidic environment in the body.

This process sets off a reaction that leaches calcium and magnesium from your bones. Both of these minerals are crucial to proper brain and muscle function.

In fact, reduced calcium and magnesium impedes muscle relaxation.

That increases muscle tension.

So if you choose a clear, caffeine-free, sugar-free soft drink, it won’t worsen your anxiety, right? Wrong!

The artificial sweetener in these drinks, aspartame, may have significant cognitive effects. It may actually worsen the psychological aspect of anxiety.

-Alcohol

Alcohol seems like a good option for anxiety sufferers. But over-consumption can worsen depression and inhibit the absorption of key nutrients.

Foods

-Chocolate

Chocolate is often called the “feel-good” food. But it contains significant caffeine and large amounts of sugar. Next, we’ll take a look at sugar.

-Excessive Sugar

By “excessive,” some nutritionists mean anything over 5 tablespoons of refined sugar daily. While you may think that would be easy, it’s not.

Sugar is in almost everything, and 5 tablespoons is a bit more than 1/4 cup. If you drink several large glasses of sweet iced tea, you can take in close to 1/4 cup of sugar.

And that doesn’t take into account the sugar in your food. This sugar is either hidden (such as in frozen foods) or obvious (such as “frosted” cereals).

So why is sugar a problem? For one thing, the body uses Vitamin B6.

It’s crucial to mood and proper hormone function and metabolizing sugar. But sugar depletes your body of this and other important nutrients.

It can also create high and low moods, and bring on a post-sugar “crash,” or low blood sugar.

-Refined Flour

Refined flour acts much like sugar in the body. And it has none of the essential fatty acids, fiber, and other nutrients that whole grains do.

-Processed Foods

Many processed foods are full of preservatives, artificial flavors, and artificial colors. Some of these can pass through the blood-brain barrier, affecting cognitive function.

Then there’s yellow #5. This is often found in candy, gum, margarine, and other processed foods.

It can disrupt the hormone balance in the body.

Think about what you put into your body. It can go a long way toward keeping you calm.

JohnK 7-21-2020

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Overheard: “Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.”

~Charles Spurgeon

Are You Making Your Life Hard?

July 7, 2020 John Uncategorized No comments

When life is hard we tend to look outside ourselves for reasons. We don’t want to think the cause is a lot closer to home.

As always, GenuLines helps re-direct you back to your “self” as a start toward getting your bearings.

Are You Making Your Life Hard?

Every day brings us a million things to take care of and it’s easy to fall behind. But sometimes life is hard because we’re making it that way.

One reason we make it harder is that we want to feel like we have some control. Let’s look at some ways you might be getting in your own way.

You Assume Malicious Intent

Most of the time people don’t mean to inconvenience you or make your life harder. Could be the person who cut you off in traffic was in a hurry.

Your significant other was quiet this morning. It may have been due to fatigue rather than anything you did.

If we decide the world is out to get us, we make life harder than it has to be. Be very slow to assume malicious intent.

It usually leaves you angry and unpleasant. The truth behind someone’s intentions is usually far from malicious.

And often not personal at all.

You Maintain Unreasonable Expectations

One thing we can control about life is our expectations. That doesn’t mean that we should go through life expecting and getting nothing.

Instead don’t expect the glass to be half full, half empty, or even a little full. Be grateful that it contains any wine at all!

You’re Afraid of Risks

Avoiding risk is part of human nature. We don’t want to run into danger unless we know we can get out of it.

But our bubble of comfort can often become a prison. Risking social rejection, loss of money, and loss of time is a trade-off for making our lives better.

When we spend most of our time avoiding risks, we make life harder.

Make sure you take smart risks! Think of an area in your life you’d like to expand upon and set some short terms goals.

Once you’ve challenged yourself and become comfortable again, set some higher goals!

You Compare Yourself to Others

One negative feature about social media is that it enables us to compare ourselves to others. Even worse, we compare ourselves to others in only their best moments.

Your friends may not have it as good as they’d like you to think. There will always be someone with more money, more friends, or whatever else than you.

The only person you should compare yourself to is the version of you from the past.

In short, we need to worry less about others, less about risks, and maintain our expectations. Don’t spend your life trying to be other people.

Or thinking the world is out to get you. Or afraid to take a chance.

Don’t expect things to get better without changing your actions. That sets you up for failure.

Stop making life harder!

JohnK 6-7-2020
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Overheard: “The greatest pleasure of life is love.
~Euripides

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Get Better Sleep The Easy Way

June 30, 2020 John Uncategorized No comments

These days good sleep seems like, well, a dream. But GenuLines wants you to “sleep tight.”

Rest assured that the following suggestions are designed to let you do just that.

Get Better Sleep The Easy Way

If getting good sleep is a challenge for you you’re not alone. It’s a common complaint of working people.

And stress due to lockdown and constant negative news reports doesn’t help either.

If you’re in one or more of these categories, here are some of the ways that can help make positive changes:

Develop better sleeping habits

Good sleep habits help you complete tasks. If you’re falling down in this area get to working on those habits.

You might start with daytime routines that include eating smarter. Avoid food that contains stimulants such as caffeine.

An afternoon nap can work, but don’t “over nap” and affect your sleep at night.

Daily exercise can help

Aside from health benefits, regular exercise also helps you get better sleep. This is because it lets the body do enough work to want to rest at night.

Consider simple exercises like brisk walking or light yoga.

Come up with your own personal sleeping plan

More than anyone you know your own body. If you’re having trouble sleeping, analyze what may be the problem.

If it’s something that you can handle, try to do the things that will help you overcome it. You can do this by coming up with a personal sleeping plan.

Decide on what you’ll do each night. If the specific plan doesn’t work today, try another the next night and then another one the next. By doing this, you can find the techniques that will work for you.

Create a good sleeping environment

An easy way to get good sleep is to create a comfortable, and cozy sleeping environment. Take a look at your bedroom.

Is there something there that keeps you awake? It could be time to re-arrange the space.

Check to see if your bed still suits the needs of your body and if not, try replacing it. Look for smaller items that catch your attention and make it hard for you to close your eyes.

If there are, try removing them for a while until you’re able to sleep better.

JohnK 6-30-2020

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Overheard: “There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep”

~Homer, The Odyssey

Can Minimizing Your Life Boost Your Productivity?

June 10, 2020 John Uncategorized No comments

Tough times can be tough on your productivity. You feel like something is missing from even your best efforts.

Today GenuLines pitches in with a suggestion that you do some ‘addition by subtraction.”

Can Minimizing Your Life Boost Your Productivity?

Productivity is an essential part of achieving success. You can’t go very far in life or excel past your position in your career or in your life without being productive.

Staying productive can be difficult. This is especially true when clutter distracts you from the tasks at hand.

Minimizing your life can be most effective in helping you be more productive..

What Does Minimizing Your Life Mean?

By “minimizing your life,” we’re talking about de-cluttering it. Cutting out unnecessary obligations and activities.

Removing unneeded or unnecessary items. And de-cluttering your home and workplace.

This can mean refusing or delegating responsibilities when you’re already loaded down.

Throwing out things you no longer use or need. And keeping your priorities in order so you handle them in a reasonable time.

This may be easier said than done. All this letting go can do a number on your emotions.

Be patient and allow yourself time to let go and process the loss.

How Could Minimizing Life Help?

Clutter’s very existence can cause anxiety and stress. Much like the way junk clutters up your home, it clutters your mind and your life.

This makes it hard to get things done, decreasing your productivity.

Your mind gyrates in many different directions. There’s cleaning that needs done.

Events and work you have to plan, stuff you need to organize, and the task you’re trying to complete. Because your mind is so bogged down by all the clutter, your productivity worsens as you work slower.

You lose valuable time you could be spending with your loved ones. Or you could be nurturing existing or even building new relationships.

What Can Improved Productivity Do for You?

You need productivity to ensure you meet all the steps necessary to reach your goals. When you work toward a goal you want to get it done within the ideal time

Productivity helps to ensure that you stick to your schedule. You do all your work and still have time for your family and others you love

Productivity helps you have a full and happy life.

Minimizing your life can bring big improvement to your productivity. It’s essential to your success in both your career and in life.

To reach and maintain productivity limit the distractions and clutter in your life. This will free up time to complete your tasks.

And, achieve your goals.

JohnK 6-10-2020

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Overheard: “Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before”

~Franz Kafka

5 Consequences of Chronic Boredom

May 27, 2020 John Uncategorized No comments

Medical experts call boredom the ‘disease of our time”. This is especially true during times of pandemic and quarantine.

It can manifest into serious problems so GenuLines looks at some ways that can happen.

5 Consequences of Chronic Boredom

It’s not just for children anymore. Everyone suffers from it.

It used to be temporary for the most part. You couldn’t wait for the lecture to be over.

Or for your turn to see the doctor. It’s boredom, and it can turn serious.

Boredom is a chronic disease, and why not? You’re bombarded with an endless array of stimuli every waking moment.

We’re used to constant information flow when we awake. We’re expected to take it all in,

and we do.

We’ve stopped interacting and engaging. So, we get bored.

German psychologist, Theodor Lipps, described boredom as ” a feeling of unpleasant arising out of a conflict between a need for intense mental activity and lack of incitement to it, or inability to be incited.”

This can mean different things to different people. An introvert, might find pleasure between the pages of a book or any other type of solitary activity.

But an extrovert may want more excitement as well as more social encounters.

You Do You

No matter the personality type, there’s a correlation between boredom and self-awareness. Let’s say you have a clear idea of your strengths, weaknesses, motivations and beliefs.

And you’re comfortable in your own skin. You’re now better prepared with the tools required to make yourself less bored.

You can gauge your moods and feelings, and understand what it is you want out of life. It also better prepares you to deal with others, and respond accordingly.

But having a clear understanding of your personality can be a real problem. The world is at our fingertips 24/7.

The idea that we can turn off the noise for a few seconds is now a foreign concept.

No one wants to sit there and do nothing! Adults fixate on playing games or browsing through their social media.

Downtime can be scary!

But it’s in those moments where we really feel our presence, tune in to our thoughts, and get in touch with our feelings. It’s also when we are at our most imaginative and creative.

It’s how we evolve, discover and invent.

Chronic boredom can make it easy to leave you in a rut of negative habits. You feel powerless to finish tasks.

This puts a damper on the quality of your life, and exacerbates physical pain. It comes with a slew of negative ramifications, the 5 most common are:

• Obesity

Constant snacking minus real hunger could be a case of boredom. This often involves foods high in processed fats and sugars.

These make you feel calmer and happier. Dieticians refer to this as emotional eating, which is often brought on by boredom.

• Depression

Boredom can be a symptom of depression, and it can also trigger it.

Working long hours. Stressful work or home environments. Less than challenging jobs.

These can ramp up stress and lead to deep bouts of depression.

• Stress and anxiety

Living day to day in an environment that doesn’t give you what you need can lead to emotional exhaustion. Top that with a helping of work responsibilities and financial strain.

This is the perfect recipe for chronic stress triggered by boredom and redundancy.

• Alcohol and drug abuse

In an attempt to break through the boredom spells, it’s common to find people reaching for alcohol and drugs. Of course these can have an addictive effect.

But in the moment, all people see is how they allow them to forget. They’re forgetting the aggravating effects boredom has on their lives.

• Heart disease

When boredom is the rule, your brain releases toxic hormones into your bloodstream. These hormones create problems for your heart.

Moreover, chronic boredom sufferers tend to skip exercise and eating right. In fact, they’re more likely to turn to bad habits, like smoking and drinking.

These can take their toll on the cardiovascular system, resulting in premature death.

A great way to break the boredom cycle is to step back and look at the big picture. Make lists of all the good in your life. as well as all the things you’ve wanted to try but never found the time and start from there.

Take control of your life and try to work your way around the things you cannot change. Form new, healthier habits.

Try something different each day. Volunteer your time to helping others who are in need.

And, above all, find something that piques your interest.

JohnK 5-27-2020

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Overheard: “The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom”

~Arthur Schopenhauer

You Can Find Joy In Challenging Times

April 15, 2020 John Uncategorized No comments

“There’s no joy in Mudville” is a line from the poem “Casey At The Bat.” Today there doesn’t seem to be joy anwhere in the world.

But GenuLines reminds you can build a foundation of joy, even in an age of social isolation.

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You Can Find Joy In Challenging Times

They are life’s ups and downs. A constant fluctuation of emotional highs and lows.

We spend most of our time in a rather even, mundane state of emotional normalcy.

This is broken up by peaks of the best times and unfortunately, valleys when nothing goes right.

The lows of everyday life are tough. But in times of crisis such as a worldwide pandemic, they only intensify.

Daily news of death, isolation, fear, grief, and loss can strip us of our joy. And, this can lead to depression.

While you can’t control what happens outside your door, you CAN control yourself. There are things you can do to maintain a positive and even joyful mindset.

Let’s look at three of them.

Surround Yourself With The Right People

It’s often said that we are the sum total of the five people we surround ourselves with most often. If so, make sure you get the right people around you.

Many times when life is beating us up, we retreat into the solitude of our home. We want to throw the covers over our heads and be alone with our thoughts.

Sometimes periods of solitude are healthy and necessary. Right now, isolation is the norm as we experience a health crisis.

But when you find your spirits cratering you feel robbed of your joy. So connecting with joyful types is crucial.

It’s not hard to stay connected to them during Shelter In Place orders. Technology has seen to that.

• Face Time on iPhones and Video calls on Android

• Skype

• A simple phone call

• Email

• Text

• Zoom and other video conferencing software can safely bring together friends and family.

• Good old-fashioned letter writing

Remember That Nothing Is Permanent

The time-honored adage says “THIS TOO SHALL PASS.” It would suggest that nothing in life is permanent.

So we tend to see extreme happiness and joy as temporary, and we play them down.

Yet keeping this expression in mind during the low times can be very beneficial. Whatever you’re going through, no matter how bad it may be, it WILL pass.

And consider this. Most of the difficult times you experience in life will end without any extra effort on your part.

It’s so easy to get into a mindset of having to put out a huge amount of effort to make something bad go away.

This is possible but most of the time TIME is the only remedy for tough situations. To maximize your joy in hard times, remember that your situation is not the way things are.

It’s the way they are RIGHT NOW.

Base Your Happiness On Yourself

So far we’ve discussed how life takes us through highs and lows. And that nothing lasts forever.

There’s one more thing to keep in mind during the best AND the worst periods.

To have more consistent joy never let your circumstances dictate your attitude.

Elation in good times and near despair during the bad can cause emotional exhaustion.

Stable, consistent, sustainable joy can only be created and found within yourself.

Life is far less about what happens to you than it is how you react to it.

You are in charge of how you feel. Don’t fall into the routine of letting happiness get to your head and failure to your heart.

JohnK 4-15-2020

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Overheard: “Joy is untouched by circumstance”

~Anonymous

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Patience Is A Virture And It Can Be Yours

March 11, 2020 John Uncategorized No comments

So patience is a virtue. Well, let’s get a definition of virtue.

Merriam Webster defines patience as “the ability to remain calm and not become annoyed when dealing with problems or with difficult people.” Simple but not always easy!

GenuLines drills down a bit deeper to help bring patience a little closer to you

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Patience is a Virtue And It Can Be Yours

Patience is one of those things that can make life go more smoothly. But, a lack of patience can cause serious problems, even health issues.

Some of life’s irritants move us to squeeze a little harder on the hair-trigger of impatience. But we can learn to overcome and enjoy life one day or even one minute at a time,

Circumstances

What triggers your impatience? For some, it’s certain situations or circumstances, such as a job or a family problem.

Others may lose their patience when they’re driving or cooking. Impatience with job or family situation can be especially tough to address – and even harder to fix.

A good start though is to acknowledge it. Then focus on anything that may help relieve tension.

Seek help

Work toward focusing on pleasant things in your life. If a certain task at your job is causing your impatience ask your supervisor or co-worker for help.

They may be able to offer help or suggestions.

Also, they may have a better way of dealing with it or be able to adjust your workload. The problem with many of us is that we don’t want to ask for help.

We want to be able to take on everything even though we aren’t able to do it.

If it’s a family situation the best way to handle it may be to talk about it, which can be difficult.

Again, many tend to shy away or avoid difficult situations.

But, getting it out in the open and talking about it is often the best solution. Seek outside help if a difficult challenge amps up the impatience.

The problem itself may not cause the impatience. But it may trigger something in you that causes you to be impatient.

Focus on other things

Impatience can affect your driving, housework, or other routine tasks. Be ready by conditioning yourself to relax and focus on your breath.

You could try relaxing before you start or listening to music while doing any of these tasks. This is where gratitude comes in.

Be grateful that you can do routine tasks.

Some only imagine cooking or driving but aren’t able to for any number of reasons. Keep this in mind during the tense moments.

It’ll help you to focus on the task at hand, but it may also make you more patient.

JohnK 3-11-2020

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Overheard: “A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.”

~George Savile

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Should You Take a Chance On Finding a New Career?

February 26, 2020 John Uncategorized No comments

Your career takes up a big slice of your life. It informs many of the decisions you make along your path.

Today GenuLines helps you consider whether it’s time for a change of direction.

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Should You Take a Chance On Finding a New Career?

When I was a kid we looked for jobs right out of high school or college. And we usually stayed with that same job for as long as we could.

Finding work automatically meant we were doing the right work.

Those of us who questioned what we were doing got an earful. Criticism came from friends, neighbors, and especially family.

You might be in a similar situation and disillusioned with your career. It just doesn’t seem to be what you thought it would be.

Change gonna come

You’ve thought about changing careers, but that sounds a lot like starting over.

It’s scary, especially if you’ve been in a certain career for several years, or you’re older.

Hey, you’re earning a decent salary and you’re even climbing the “corporate ladder.” Leaving means you’ll have to work for less money and no seniority!

You think to yourself “what if this affects the people in my life?”

Breaking it down

Sometimes, getting out of a bad situation is enough to overcome a salary hit. You can make money online, either by selling or working for others.

Being at a physical location is no longer necessary if you’re looking to make extra money.

The second factor with a lack of experience is the newness of it all. This can be exciting as well as scary.

Think back to when you first started in your original career. Any new achievement put you on top of the world.

The third factor concerns the lack of seniority. Remind yourself that you’ve got job and life experience that you bring to the table.

Any management experience that you have can work in your favor, too. And your age brings wisdom you can draw on in adverse situations.

Staying in a career that you’ve grown tired of can make you bitter and take years off your life. If you’ve thought about taking a chance on starting a new career, remember that many others have done it.

And they’ve made it work.

JohnK 2-26-2020

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Overheard: “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle”

~Steve Jobs

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Don’t Let Anxiety Weigh You Down

February 5, 2020 John Uncategorized No comments

Anxiety is kind of like money. It’s a good servant but a terrible master.

GenuLines is here to help you take charge when anxious moments crop up.

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Don’t Let Anxiety Weigh You Down

Your quality of life takes a bit of a hit when anxiety is the order of your day. It puts your body on high alert.

You feel like you’re in danger, and that spikes your heart rate and gives you more stress and sweaty palms. Now, anxiety isn’t all bad.

It can motivate you, say, for a test or an interview. But in the workaday world, it’s pretty much useless.

If you think about them you could get anxious about things that are out of your control. The result is a terrible feeling that can cause you to lose sleep.

That loss of sleep often turns into a bad day. Too many of those and you start to see the effects on your body.

Upping the stakes

During times of unusual stress, our body releases a hormone called Cortisol. This, in turn, has been linked to weight gain.

When you’re stressed out you might reach for comfort foods. Things like chocolate or salty snacks.

Those will cause you to pack on the pounds.

Now, combine that with the added stress and lack of sleep and you risk heart disease. It takes some time for the physical debilitation to manifest itself.

But the mental effects of anxiety are immediate. A severe case can make each day a grind.

You constantly seem stressed out and fearful.

As anxiety starts to spiral out of control, you may come up with coping mechanisms. For instance, you might start avoiding people and stressful situations.

You find yourself only able to grocery shop during off-hours. Or you won’t feel like leaving the house at all.

Your high anxiety can morph into depression.

It gets hard to find the energy to get out of bed in the morning and face life. Operating on high alert and pumped full of adrenalin is exhausting.

Staying in bed seems like a much better alternative.

If you find your anxiety is weighing your life down get professional help. Anxiety can be debilitating.

But there’s help to be had and plenty of tools that can help you get back to where you want to be.

JohnK 2-5-2020

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Overheard: “My anxiety doesn’t come from thinking about the future but from wanting to control it.”

~Hugh Prather, Notes to Myself

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Self-Doubt And What You Can Do About It

March 5, 2019 John Uncategorized No comments

Have you ever wrestled with self-doubt? That might seem like a silly question.

Most people doubt themselves at some point in their lives. Scroll down for some good words from GenuLines on dealing with self-doubt.

Self-Doubt And What You Can Do About It

Why do people engage in self-doubt? The reason is that it’s easier to doubt yourself than it is to believe that something is possible.

You may believe in your concept, but it’s something that hasn’t materialized yet. It’s unfamiliar territory for you.

Our protection mechanisms tell us to reach for something that’s familiar. We use this as a reason to quit.

The unknown also helps us to come up with excuses. It’s easy to say it won’t work because, and then insert whatever reason can set your mind at ease.

You can even find help from others in coming up with excuses. They have plenty of them for you to choose from.

If they didn’t, they would be succeeding at their goals.

A survival mechanism

Sometimes self-doubt can help us survive. For instance, someone tells you that you can jump off a cliff and survive.

Your self-doubt probably jumps in and tells you this is a bad idea. Self-doubt can sometimes keep you from making bad financial decisions.

This might be an opportunity that sounds too good to be true.

In most cases, self-doubt is not something that will advance your life. It will hold you back, and you need always to be aware of that.

Don’t take the easy way out. Do prepare yourself as much as possible for unfamiliar situations.

But, go forward with a strong belief that you can complete what you set out to do.

Try to structure your life so that you have more positive than negative energy. Flush out as much negative energy as possible.

Use affirmations, support groups, or whatever works for you.

Negative energy is what self-doubt is all about. Two forces are opposing each other.

If you have 100% negative energy that means you have 0% positive energy. Try to tip the scale toward as much positivity as possible and push away the negativity.

No shortage of negative energy

It’s unlikely that you can ever have 100% positive energy. But, you can work towards exposing yourself to positive energy.

You can stop listening to or reading the news, and you can reduce your exposure to negative people. Positive people do exist.

You just need to find them.

JohnK 3-5-2019

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Overheard: “Every time I start a picture I feel the same fear, the same self-doubts, and I have only one source on which I can draw. Because it comes from within me”

~ Federico Fellini

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Food And Drink And Your Anxiety

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Get Better Sleep The Easy Way

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Can Minimizing Your Life Boost Your Productivity?

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5 Consequences of Chronic Boredom

You Do You

Downtime can be scary!

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• Depression

• Stress and anxiety

• Alcohol and drug abuse

• Heart disease

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You Can Find Joy In Challenging Times

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Remember That Nothing Is Permanent

Base Your Happiness On Yourself

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Patience is a Virtue And It Can Be Yours

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Should You Take a Chance On Finding a New Career?

Change gonna come

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Don’t Let Anxiety Weigh You Down

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