DASHES


so many dashes

each represents a concern

colored clusters...yikes!


every day we have thousands of thoughts, and according to research, most of them are less than positive...how many of these thoughts represent "concerns" (worries, anxieties, plans, cares for survival, safety, belonging, health, financiers, work, school, relationships...)...separately, the thoughts can seem innumerable and unmanageable, but clustered, they can be represented as themes (the colored clusters in the image)...these themes are parts of our being that are significant/important/meaningful to us, parts of ourselves that are calling out for attention...perhaps we should listen and see if we can meet some of those needs.


find a relatively quiet and semi-privatae place to unwind for an hour with paper and writing instrument...using single words and short phrases begin a brain dump of everything that's bothering/troubling/stressing you...if you're not sure, ask, "how are you really doing?" and see what shows up...fill the page(s)...then go back and box, circle, underline or otherwise group/cluster/categorize these concerns...write the categories/clusters on a separate page and reflect on them...which of these categories is within your power to do something about...pick one for now and devise a short plan (less than 5 mins) to intentionally move in a direction that addresses one of the issues within this category...how do you feel, and how did you feel after you performed the action?






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