6 Steps
Rant
Judge
Investigate
Cauterize
Tease
Embarass
Rant
Inner Critic Ranting: Step 1
How are you supposed to live happily, love everyone, and better yourself if you can't afford to even eat unless you sign onto food stamp wagon...all aboard! The world is so overpopulated and it feels like to score a minimum wage job is exhausting. The challenges. The competition. All the people!! All I want is a job that pays enough so I can live comfortably. Im a hard worker and know I can work my ass off in any job I set off to do. I guess the problem is that there is many other people, such as I, that are true to the same statement and behold better characteristics or traits than I do. Not enough positions? The unemployment rate is nasty. And know whats to blame for that? Corporations. Greed. Filthy bastards wanting to keep all that money to themselves so they can fun their kids and their kid's kids' education? How about making them work for it like nearly everyone else has to? It just seems entirely irresponsible to hand your kids a free way pass to everything they'll have in their future.
Emotions...do not even get me started on emotional regulation. Now thats exhausting!! Not only that, but the worst is when you feel like everyone is observing your every move and pointing out all the mistakes you are making in life. All the "I told you so". The judgement. Ugh, the pressure. Ultimately, the stress...the silent killer.
I find it funny that all it takes to relief stress is to get yourself calm state. If we can always be aware of the moments in our lifes...and remember that we just need breathe and absorb whatever your setting you are in..shouldn't that help a hell of a lot? I feel like I practice this regularly, yet I feel absolutely lost, alone, and hopeless about 65% of the time anymore.
Now we review our emotions! Weeee!
Heres a list of mine:
Shame.
Anger.
Frustration.
Empowerment.
Doubt.
Insignificant.
Judge
Step 1:
Make a mini mindmap for these emotions. Now dig a little deeper and address each branch and bubble on your mindmap.
Judge judiciously. Research. Look up quotes that pertain to the emotions that came up for you. See which emotion feeds the other. Are there themes? Judge them fairly and freely. Let’s disclose and weigh. Let’s let the facts speak. Bring in all the evidence. Voir dire. Are we ready for the investigative stage (Part 3)? Prove that you are able to only consider the truth.Example:
