Post by Mary McCall on Mar 8, 2013 16:09:53 GMT -6
Free Your Inner Writer: Step Three
Let’s get down to the nitty-gritty and re-program for success. Your attitude may be turning pessimistic or uneasy about writing due to fears you have uncovered. Let’s fix that now using a series of affirmation exercises that will highlight the positive by using optimistic-thought provoking statements.
Part I:
In your notebook, draw a line down a vertical page about two-thirds across. For each of the following statements, use 3-6 separate full pages. On the right side of the page, write the following statements ten times. Use the space on the left to record any emotional reactions, whether positive or negative, that you may experience as a result. Also, record and other thoughts or ideas that occur to you while you progress through writing the statements. Take your time and try to fill all the pages you can. If you don’t have time to do all five statements now, do them in increments. Progress at your own pace and finish each statement before moving on to the next.
Oh, and before you begin, relax.
Here are the statements:
1. “My best teacher is life. It provides me with all I need to know.”
2. “My mind is an endless fount of ideas, innovations and inspirations.”
3. “I do best what I like to do most.”
4. “What I like to do most brings me the personal success that I desire.”
5. “What I like to do most offers me all the opportunities and challenges I desire to live my life as I choose.”
Part II:
When you finish all five statements, review what you’ve written. In your notebook, rank the five statements from first to fifth, based upon which one drew the strongest reaction. It doesn’t matter if the reaction was pessimistic or optimistic in nature. All that matters is the strength of the reaction.
Part III:
Each of the five affirmations were specifically selected to help you uncover, identify and reverse any effects the previously noted fears may have caused you.
The first statement, “My best teacher is. It provides me with all I need to know,” was selected for those who fear that furthering their writing will add further despair.
Number two, “My mind is an endless fount of ideas, innovations and inspirations,” is for those of you who believe that your desire to write is erroneous.
The third, “I do best what I like to do most,” is for those who don’t write as much as you would like because you feel that you don’t deserve the happiness it could bring.
Four, “What I like to do most brings me the personal success that I desire,” was selected to confront any fear of failure that may be associated with embarking on writing as a career.
The last statement, “What I like to do most offers me all the opportunities and challenges I desire to live my life as I choose,” focuses on your views of yourself as a potential or active writer.
Now choose three of the affirmations to which you most strongly reacted. In your notebook, write your choices ten times each day (preferably five times in the morning and five times in the evening) until you have comfortably cleansed yourself of any negative reaction to them, but do not spend more than a week on this (If you’re a procrastinator, you could feed off this exercise and miss the point, so keep it limited).
Remember, stay relaxed and record any ideas, emotional reactions or anything else that comes to mind in your notebook.
Let’s get down to the nitty-gritty and re-program for success. Your attitude may be turning pessimistic or uneasy about writing due to fears you have uncovered. Let’s fix that now using a series of affirmation exercises that will highlight the positive by using optimistic-thought provoking statements.
Part I:
In your notebook, draw a line down a vertical page about two-thirds across. For each of the following statements, use 3-6 separate full pages. On the right side of the page, write the following statements ten times. Use the space on the left to record any emotional reactions, whether positive or negative, that you may experience as a result. Also, record and other thoughts or ideas that occur to you while you progress through writing the statements. Take your time and try to fill all the pages you can. If you don’t have time to do all five statements now, do them in increments. Progress at your own pace and finish each statement before moving on to the next.
Oh, and before you begin, relax.
Here are the statements:
1. “My best teacher is life. It provides me with all I need to know.”
2. “My mind is an endless fount of ideas, innovations and inspirations.”
3. “I do best what I like to do most.”
4. “What I like to do most brings me the personal success that I desire.”
5. “What I like to do most offers me all the opportunities and challenges I desire to live my life as I choose.”
Part II:
When you finish all five statements, review what you’ve written. In your notebook, rank the five statements from first to fifth, based upon which one drew the strongest reaction. It doesn’t matter if the reaction was pessimistic or optimistic in nature. All that matters is the strength of the reaction.
Part III:
Each of the five affirmations were specifically selected to help you uncover, identify and reverse any effects the previously noted fears may have caused you.
The first statement, “My best teacher is. It provides me with all I need to know,” was selected for those who fear that furthering their writing will add further despair.
Number two, “My mind is an endless fount of ideas, innovations and inspirations,” is for those of you who believe that your desire to write is erroneous.
The third, “I do best what I like to do most,” is for those who don’t write as much as you would like because you feel that you don’t deserve the happiness it could bring.
Four, “What I like to do most brings me the personal success that I desire,” was selected to confront any fear of failure that may be associated with embarking on writing as a career.
The last statement, “What I like to do most offers me all the opportunities and challenges I desire to live my life as I choose,” focuses on your views of yourself as a potential or active writer.
Now choose three of the affirmations to which you most strongly reacted. In your notebook, write your choices ten times each day (preferably five times in the morning and five times in the evening) until you have comfortably cleansed yourself of any negative reaction to them, but do not spend more than a week on this (If you’re a procrastinator, you could feed off this exercise and miss the point, so keep it limited).
Remember, stay relaxed and record any ideas, emotional reactions or anything else that comes to mind in your notebook.