Fake It ‘Till Ya Make It

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.

— Oscar Wilde.

Changing your thought process is no easy task. As a matter of fact, my best advice when it comes to this process is faking it until you make it.

You see, my perception of this concept is far different than most people I’m surrounded with view it as. Most people view this concept as faking a positive outcome, until the outcome is truly what you wanted in the first place. But it goes so much deeper than this.

Having a positive outlook in life is something most of us strive for. But how do we get there? When I realized that I was quite frankly exhausted of being negative all of the time because it was absolutely redundant. So how did I start the process of not just thinking but LIVING positively?

I started by going into the deepest, darkest parts of my soul. My biggest fear has always been to be left alone with my own thoughts. They were scary, mean and just plain hateful. When those nasty, self-loathing, negative thoughts would enter my head, I made a conscious effort to reverse those thoughts. I would essentially “fake” how I was thinking. Eventually, one day I realized I hadn’t done it in a while and realized I MADE IT! It wasn’t something that happened overnight. It has taken me the better part of a year, and something that you have to be honest with yourself is that you will NEVER stop working on yourself.

We are constantly evolving as human beings. So why would we put our thought process in a stalemate just because we are comfortable. Change is something that is uncomfortable and scary for a lot of people. However, the longer and harder we fight it the further it pushes us back from being the best versions of ourselves.

So I challenge you to try reversing your negative thoughts each day to positive ones. After each day, take a mental note of how that affected the rest of your day as well as your attitude. Review it after a month and I guarantee that you will see change!

Until next time my friends. Continue standing strong like a wildflower in a storm!

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