We’re almost 2/3^rds of the way through the Just For Today Challenge – 31 Days To A Better You. How are you doing so far? I hope you are committed as much as I am to making it throughout the entire month and completing all 31 Challenges. Just a reminder that these Challenges aren’t New Years resolutions, but are tasks that you can do Just For Today that can make a difference in your life.

This Challenge will be very beneficial to you once you get the hang of it. It won’t be easy but we can do it.

Do you have that little voice in your head telling you that you can’t do something? You know what I’m talking about. That little voice that keeps telling you that you aren’t smart enough. That you’re too fat or too ugly. Or that you’re too outspoken and the various other letdowns that we let it get away with. It seems to be on a constant loop, telling us how unlovable and incompetent we are.

Well, today’s the day that we are going to tell that little voice to shut the hell up!

You’ve heard of the Law of Attraction, I’m sure. It’s the life-law that states whatever you think about and believe in, you attract into your life. If we are constantly talking to ourselves about our negative (perceived) qualities, what do you think we are attracting in our lives? More negativity. Duh!

I am telling you to quit that! Quit that little voice that tells you that you are not good enough. You are more than good enough.

We need to stop the negative and replace it with positive talk. You have to believe in yourself and have the conviction that you are more than capable of having everything that you desire in life.

Replace “I’m too stupid to figure this out” with “I can do this!”

Replace “Oh, they’ll never hire me, I’m too old” with “I can get hired for the new position at that great salary. I am smart enough and capable enough to perform the job.”

Replace “I’m too pessimistic and can never be happy” with “I deserve to be happy as much as anyone else and I will do what I can to be happy today”

Replace “I’m too ugly and no one will ever love me” with “I am very sexy and I deserve to be loved for who I am.” 

Replace “I’m not as quick as the younger folks and will never get this” with “I have the experience to figure this out. It may take time, but I will do it”.

You get the idea. Replace your negative talk with positive self-talk. Keep at it, even if you don’t believe it at first. You will start to believe with more practise. Labels are for cans of food, not for people. Stop allowing that little voice to put any negative label on you. It’s easier said that done, I know. Believe me, I know. But, we’ve got to at least try.

If it helps, imagine yourself as a young child. Would you tell that young child that she’s too stupid to become a doctor? Or that he can’t be a fireman when he grows up because he’s too short and fat? Or whatever his dream is? We as adults are so hard on ourselves. No wonder there’s so much depression in society.

A great method to catch yourself thinking negatively and replace it with positive affirmations is to use an elastic band. Put one on your left wrist. Every time you say or think something negative about yourself, then snap the elastic band and replace the negative talk with positive talk. It “snaps” you out of the mindset of thinking negative thoughts. This really works. Keep practicing to make the method stick.

Something that I do in my own life, when the self-talk becomes negative and I get frustrated over something, is to remind myself of the challenges that I have already overcome in my life. Maybe right now, I’m having a problem with something, but I know, based on my experience of figuring something else out in my past, that I can figure this out, too. It might just take more time, but I will figure it out. Drown out the negative self-talk with your positive affirmations. 

Gain the self-confidence from realizing the challenges that life throws at you are trying to teach you something. This was one of the reasons that we completed Your 25 Proudest Moments Challenge back on Day 4. Look over that list and believe that the person who was able to do the things on that list, is a person fully capable of doing whatever you want in life. Don’t let your negative self-talk convince you otherwise.

Let me know at the end of the day how you felt. Do you have any other tips for helping us with stopping the negative voices in our heads? Please share them with a comment. Thanks! 

For a list of all of the Challenges, see the Just For Today Challenge page.

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