Day #17: Staying Positive

From the Orange Rhino:

Good morning!

I read that many of you had great days yesterday and I am so excited for you! I also read that some of you didn’t have the day you hoped for and I am excited for you too. Why? Because you showed up and tried! One of the most common emails I get is “I thought I was the only one who yells and I don’t even know how to try not to, so I don’t.” I know it is “hokey” but admitting you want to change and trying to change is a huge step in a positive direction and you should feel good about that. Seriously.

TODAY’s THOUGHTs:

“If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.”
~Mary Pickford 

This Challenge is all about more loving MOMENTS. Every moment is a chance to succeed. Let the moments from yesterday go. Focus on the moment in front of you. Tackle one moment at a time. Don’t let yesterday get you down and feel defeated.

“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” ~Winston Churchill

I talked about getting excited yesterday and the day before. Good or bad day yesterday, get excited every morning. If you don’t feel it, fake it! They say if you smile when you feel crappy you’ll start to actually feel better. I’ve experienced it to be true. So force yourself to get excited about changing knowing that you WILL change and start to yell less. Stay enthusiastic!

TODAY’s ACTIONs:

1. Get on up! Today is a new day filled with lots of new moments! Get excited and stay excited! YOU CAN DO THIS!

2. Say something positive to yourself in regards to this challenge. Oh gosh, that is so something my mother would write! Ha! It is easy to feel down and want to quit. But I know that you have at least one and hopefully many more things you have done that you can feel proud of over these last 16 days. Write it down, look at it, and say “Yeah, I did that!” Focus on the positive, forget the negative. Share here:

http://theorangerhino.com/30daychallenge/2013/03/12/day-16-staying-positive/
password: icanyellless

3. If you are bored, here is a post I wrote about positive thinking...http://theorangerhino.com/positively-powerful/ 

TODAY’s TIP:
If you feel like you are going to lose it, text a friend, seriously! My first 7 days whenever it got close I texted a friend saying “Help!” or posted on the Orange Rhino facebook page. Sometimes just acknowledging that you are struggling is a great way to be forced to stop and think. When I texted a friend I often realized, wait, you want to yell over that? They are just kids, they are just 4 and 6. Or it was telling a friend my stress and then I felt better and realized it was about me.

Good luck! I am always thinking of you. If you are feeling really defeated, please share. I don’t want anyone to feel awful about themselves and down because of this. Email me if you want; I will try my hardest to reply to all emails promptly.

Have a great day!