Instead of allowing ourselves to keep obsessing over something that has happened & takes up so much space & emotions in our minds, it's best to find a way to stop it in its tracks & move on from it until any real action can be taken. I have 5 questions to ask yourself that will help with this.
Show Notes:
I struggled to come up with a topic that I was in the mood to really chat about until I reflected on what was bothering me so much and suddenly it came to me: Let’s chat about how to STOP obsessing over something that happened. Especially since you can’t change the outcome.
Without giving away ALL the details, I will tell you what happened. And because I KNOW many of us have been in this predicament.
This evening I received a notification from someone I work with (yes, I know, I should have had my notifications off for work messages, but normally it’s NOT an issue. We gotta set boundaries now.) basically accusing me of doing something I didn’t do. And the problem is they are kind of management, so it’s complicated. And like I already hinted towards, I should NOT have responded. Don’t worry, my husband ALREADY gave me a lecture about that.
So, they message me, in a group chat with other leadership, and state that I have been making mistakes in regards to travel arrangements and have booked them in a middle seat 2 times in a row now. And I actually just took a break from writing this episode to gather evidence to the contrary of these claims. Having my name dragged through the mud is one thing I ABSOLUTELY cannot stand. I gathered all the evidence I could, sent it to the appropriate people and now feel like I can let it go. But only time will tell.
And that’s the problem, right? I THINK I will be able to let it go after I used a bunch of my time to prove someone else wrong, but I will probably have to deal with it tomorrow because there will be the review of my reciepts and how this person feels about me proving them incorrect.
The healthier choice would have been to shift my mindset away from it and deal with it tomorrow, at work. But instead, I wasted the last few hours of my weekend feeling angry, upset & irritated about something I know I can prove isn’t true. I let it get to me and I paid the cost in lost time.
And maybe for you it’s obsessively thinking about a fight you had with a loved one, a breakup, a betrayal or any other worry or fear. Regardless of what it is, it’s taking up more space in your brain than it needs to & that’s not what we need or want. Let’s get into why we are here today and chat about how we can interrupt these obsessive thoughts & not let these overcome us.
Here are 5 Questions to Ask Yourself to Shift Your Mindset Away From Obsessing Over Something:
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