Sometimes when asked what I'm like I say simple, and it's partly true.
A more accurate way to describe me would be simply complex though as I can be incredibly complex in some aspects. It's situational, and works fairly well for me. I guess I'm the right me at the right times, mostly.
I like simplicity in life and usually find simple pleasures done often provide the most value.
They are usually easily found and, if I'm fully-immersed within them, can be incredibly rewarding. I use those simple moments, thoughts, feelings and emotions to find a point of reference, shift into neutral, find balance or a central point from which I can reset and then get back to it, whatever it might be.
The outdoors feature prominently in my simple moments.
It could be a walk in the botanic gardens, a rigorous hike, a stroll around the lake or at the beach, even a day spent in the garden at home touching plants and earth. I also find simple moments reading, writing, on the couch snacking whilst watching a movie, in the scent of vanilla, fresh cut grass, rain after a dry spell, slipping into bed between new sheets, the smell of coffee in the morning...I have an almost endless list of small and simple moments that make me feel...That's it. They make me feel.
I found it today during a walk in the conservation park opposite my house.
The seasons are changing and it's greening up but there's still more gold and brown tones than green and whilst walking on a little-used section of track I came across a hill completely covered by long grass. It extended left and right from where I stood and above up the hill to the sky and I was struck by the contrast of the golden grass against the blue of the sky. It made me feel nice...and just like that I had a simple and enjoyable moment. Everything seemed a little bit more nice.
I recently asked someone to come up with a long list of things they can do, think about or feel that may help turn their thoughts away from less productive and positive thoughts. It was these things I referred to; simple things that can be found easily.
It's not even the act of doing it either, often it's as simple as feeling the emotion one gains through doing or experiencing it.
If one can tap into that emotion and feeling it might just be enough ward off a negative thought or feeling, reset attitude or mindset after it's been pushed backwards. Through controlling mindset and attitude comes better results; we're better people for it, and if that can be triggered by the thought of something valued, enjoyable and simple even without actually doing that thing...It seems like a good idea and a powerful tool to have in the toolbox.
How do you control or positively affect your attitude and mindset on a daily basis? Do you have a simple method you'd like to share or are your methods more complicated? Tell me about it in the comments below, I'm interested to hear your perspective.
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I wish I could say I was good at keeping a positive attitude and mindset. I spent years in a negative place, and now it's uphill every day just to be neutral. How I maintain neutral is pretty complex, mostly by distraction and thought capturing. When I start to go negative, I create. Photos, art, music, poems, stories, anything to focus my mind on something and distract it from whatever negative thought it's trying to conjure.
When I can't create, or the thought stays intrusive I try to capture it and correct it. "Is this thought true? What's the positive counter to it?" Sometimes I have long conversations with myself to sort through the crap. I'm almost better than my therapist at helping myself lol
One day it would be wonderful to be happy, but for now I'm content with neutral. I'll get to happy one day at a time.
I'm sorry to hear that, it must be difficult for you. I like your create ethos though which reminds me just a little of my own, which I end my posts with.
Creating, be it music, writing, painting, working with one's hands and so on can be an excellent way to help readjust one's thoughts. I do some work with veterans and these techniques are often used. There's even a group helping them to express themselves through drama, acting out plays and skits. It works wonders.
Yes, this too. And you're not the only one to have self-conversations, I have them with myself also and find value in it. Whatever works.
I hope you can find happiness. You know, our pendulums always swing with extremes at the end point of each swing. Neutral lies roughly in the middle I suppose and we swing by it from time to time. As long as it keeps swinging we're good to go though.
You made me happy with your comment, not that you're not happy or just within a neutral place, I mean because you left it for me. Thank you.
I like things to be simple. They are not always and sometimes they are, but the world and etc seem to cloud the surface. I find myself frequently stopping to try to take back the simplicity, to sort out what I need to let go of. Sometimes it's my own thoughts that try to cloud up a day. Once in a while, here by myself, my mind will be tumbling things around and around and I say out loud "STOPPIT !!!".... to try to deliberately put it away. Yes, I know, being alone too long sometimes makes one Cra-Cra LOL !
When I originally read this, I added the word "good" to the end of "It makes me feel"..... and I thought I should be asking myself through the day, what will make me feel good?... and then try to do it or see it or ....whatever. That sounds a little selfish in essence, but if I don't make it happen, who will ??
It's been a lot different the last two years, not being out and about as much and not seeing and doing things as much that benefit others.... which of course makes ME feel good too.
Life seems to be over-complicated these days, it never used to be. I know you remember. I can't pinpoint the moment, or even year, it began to become so complicated for me but it did and I've had to deal with it, and so...I understand the stop it comment - Sometimes we need to remind ourselves, and of course, others.
I understand this. I was going for feel something, anything, though. Sometimes it's difficult to do so in a world that moves so quickly and when we're surrounded by so many influences that sort of dictate to us. Feeling good is good, but we need to feel so many things: Passionate, valued, loved, in love, responsible and so on. I look for these things inside myself and immediately around me rather than out there in the greater world. I figure if I feel them independently of the world I'll get more from life.
I hope you feel good mostly though, and I hope reading a post of mine sometimes inspires it.
Walking regularly with the dog, feeling the warm sun on ones back hearing the birds sing, butterflies do their dizzy dance around in front on you. Life is best when finding space to let go, it doesn't cost anything in monetary value, it does reward greatly in whatever is on offer in front of you.
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Walking certainly does the trick right? I like what you said about reward being more than a monetary thing. ✅
People always saying time is money, well time walking and talking to self is more rewarding for sanity sake, yup somethings even give me answers!
I also like to value those little moments that sometimes go unnoticed, like the smell of coffee, and since I am a mother I try to live my days in a conscious way, my children are still young and the world is totally new for them, I look their achievements, their first steps, their first stripes, I celebrate their lives while working for our dreams.
I think your children's achievements are great things to celebrate and I'd imagine would give you a lot of satisfaction and happiness. Thank you for responding.
That's how it is! You couldn't have said it better. 😊
There are millions of small things as you say that you can derive just a moment of pleasure to move out of one space to the next. That photo is beautiful in it's simple duotone, but so serene. Sometimes it's the small things that are powerful just because they spark something in us.
This afternoon I had a moment like that with LL and it made a good day - great. It's something that I will hopefully be able to teach her to keep in her toolbox too.
I read your latest post which, I assume, is the moment you refer to. It was nice, I'm sure, and nice to read about. I like it when people find happiness, peace or comfort within themselves. It's not always easy to find, I have my own battle with it, but when it comes, it's worth the effort of seeking it.
Hi Galen. There was actually a different moment I shared with LL before we made dinner Rotis together.
We were looking for brown bread flour and I was opening 2litre containers. The first one wasn't what I was looking for and I said "nope, that's sesame seeds" and LL said "oh, mommy can I please see them?" I lowered the container and then she asked "ooh, I can please feel them?" I smiled and nodded and watched her sink her little fingers into the seeds and she looked up at me with this massive grin and a look of awe in her eyes.
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It was a lovely moment to watch her experience something simple and delicious like that.
I understand that you struggle to sometimes find those moments when an occurrence has jarred you, but you seem to have many little things that you collect to enjoy and that provide that feeling of respite and elation. I suppose in some instances these tools fail us and we have to dig a little deeper to get that relief. I'm sorry that you sometimes struggle and for the long comment.
I'm sorry, I didn't know that.
Seeing a little tacker learn or experience something new is something to see indeed. That's why I loved spending time with my nephew recently; everything seemed so amazing through his eyes.
Life is a struggle and I don't believe those who say it is not. I'm ok, mostly, and thank you for seeing what most do not. It's refreshing.
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