Focus on Yourself and not Others
I notice I spend a lot of my mental energy on other people. I do it in some times when I help others, and I have other times where I criticize/judge others. I don’t tend to do it out in the open.
All of this has a couple effects on me:
- I find myself draining myself because – as an introvert, no matter what all my psyche tests and friends who manage to get me to talk say – I tend to dwell on things and the “insanity” of it doesn’t sit right. So I think about it until I’m tired instead of focusing on the things that re-energize me.
- I end up having negative thoughts about people who are overall great people. This causes a sort of cognitive dissonance that leads me back to (1).
All of this could be avoided if I consciously overroad the negative feedback loop and considered what I could do for myself. I am thankful that I managed to break the loop a moment ago and get myself to finally post on my blog. I’m keeping this short, because I have other things to do to build myself up. But hopefully I will see you again tomorrow.
Oh, I’m looking forward to my first interviewee, Mike. You’ll hear more about him in the future.