Create the Future You Want With Your Thoughts

This works because your thoughts affect your actions

✨ Bridget Webber
Bridget Webber Writes

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A woman in a red dress thinks aloud. Her thoughts appear above her head as red blocks.
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Have you ever contemplated how to create the future you desire with your thoughts? If so, perhaps you imagine it is too hard. After all, thoughts seem to flow by themselves. It’s not unusual to feel like you can’t control them. You might experience a constant stream of self-talk like an endless river you can’t direct.

However, your inner voice need not be unhelpful. By learning to steer your thoughts, you’ll change your perception and behavior for the better, and you will attract more of what you desire.

Recognizing Unwanted Thought Patterns

Determining patterns that don’t serve you is the first step to steering your thoughts. Once you do this, you will have greater control over your mindset and how the future version of you develops.

You can begin by examining your self-talk as if you were reviewing a movie. So, imagine sitting at the back of a cinema, watching yourself going about a typical day and listening to your inner chatter as it flows.

Listening to self-talk as though it stems from a movie version of you will help you detach enough to be discerning. Unless you are an advanced meditator, in which case, you already witness…

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✨ Bridget Webber
Bridget Webber Writes

Former counselor. Spiritual growth, compassion, mindfulness, creativity, and psychology. Support me at https://ko-fi.com/bridgetwebber