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I canโt believe we are 8 weeks into the shelter-in place order already. Over the course of these 8 weeks, most of us have gone through all sorts of emotions. From grief to sadness to anger to anxiety... ๐ข๐๐ก๐ฐ
Itโs important to allow ourselves to feel these feelings. But in terms of how we actually react to our situation, our mindset plays a big role.ย ๐คจ
In the beginning we were in a Threat Mindset.ย ๐ฅย We felt like what was happening was outside of our control and we focused on the potential for risk, danger, harm or loss.
The other choice we have is a Challenge Mindset.ย ๐๏ธโโ๏ธย Itโs where we acknowledge that yes, there may be potential for risk or loss, but we are reasonably optimistic that we can rise to the occasion and use our skills or develop strategies to achieve a good outcome.
Sometimes we can easily access a Challenge mindset, but sometimes obstacles seem so large that it is easy to fall back into the Threat mindset (especially when watching the news nowadays!)ย ๐๏ธโโ๏ธ๐ฅ
๐๐จ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐๐ญ?
Simply ask yourself these 2 questions about your situation:
โ๏ธ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐/๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐?
โ๏ธ๐๐ก๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?
Letโs say that you applied for a job and got rejected.
โ๏ธย The worst possible reaction would be to give up and never apply anywhere again.
โ๏ธWhatโs the opposite of that? The opposite would be to keep going and apply someplace every day.
This simple exercise does a couple of things:
๐บย It makes you realize that you actually have options and you have the ability to choose
๐บIf you are not doing the worst possible thing, you are doing better than you could be. You are challenging yourself to do something that is better.
Whatโs the opposite of your worst reaction?ย ๐ค
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