Resolution

Where: Farmer's Market in Washington DC
When: September 2010

Of the resolutions mentioned in the last post, Practice Positivity is easily the one I'm having the most difficult time with. I have managed to remember it at key moments since starting the project, and have therefore managed to keep skimming over the top of a more negative mindset, but I have so far not been able to fully reverse an already negative state of being.

One of the main things I'm noticing is that I am definitely not pursuing it with the same dedication of the first day of the experiment, which may be why I'm having a harder time with it. While I'm willing to rephrase something positively, I often follow it with negative language such as, "well, that's just a total lie", which is probably less than helpful. I am also almost certainly expecting too much, and would likely be better served by practicing my second resolution, Noticing Accomplishments. Perhaps simply noticing that I've remembered to try to be positive in any given moment (even if the result isn't what I was hoping for) can be success in itself.