I decided to rewire my brain
I realized 90% of my thinking is not how I want it to be. I often think in ways that is detrimental to my goals and who I want to be.
If I had a piece of paper and wrote down every single thought I had during the day, what would it look like?
What do I think about all day? And how do these thoughts affect my life?
Our brain gives us a constant stream of thoughts - but how many of these thoughts are correct and valuable?
How do these thoughts affect my life?
Well turns out, our thoughts affect everything about our life. All knowledge, skill, feeling, behavior, habit, belief, understanding, everything - is a thought.
Our ability to act in this world, is powered by thoughts.
Everything is, simply, a thought.
Well damn, if it's that goddamn important, what the fuck are we doing not caring about it???
We worry about the food we put in our body, but not the thoughts we think
Isn't that fucking crazy. The single most important thing that shapes our entire lives is neglected and overlooked.
We live our entire lives without training the mind and then wonder how come we are so damn miserable.
If we dedicated 80% of our brain 24/7 to be thinking only positive, productive, and valuable thoughts, what would our life look like in 5 years time? Hell, what would it look like in 1 month's time?
I don't know how long it takes to rewire a brain, or if it even can be fully rewired, but I don't see any better, more meaningful pursuit than this.
What does it mean to rewire one's own brain?
In the simplest terms, it just means to
- be aware of the thought (immediately)
- judge the value of the thought (does it align with who I want to be? my goals? and is it true and of my own thinking?)
- decide whether or not to accept and reinforce the thought, or to stop, change, discard, or challenge the thought.
- repeat indefinitely until all thoughts become more clear and cohesive
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As of now, most of my thinking is poor
It's just an utter mess. I think about garbage topics, worrying about the affairs of others, stressing about the future, criticizing myself, being annoyed by things I cannot control, regretting the past, doubting myself, being suspicious of others, being ignorant of the truth, poor framing and understanding of a situation, and a continued, unending list of poor judgement.
Well no damn wonder I am not the person I want to be, living the life I want to live, having reached the potential I want to reach.
It's so damn obvious. If you want a bad life, think bad thoughts.
Well how do I fix this problem?
Make the commitment to rewire your brain
The brain is not us, per say, but it is our greatest tool (in tandem with the body).
Our awareness and attention is what allows us to reshape our thinking patterns.
While it is true we cannot predict what we will think next, we can, however, decide what to reinforce and strengthen, by what we give our attention to.
It's a training method. What you give your attention to, gives it power. What you let go, runs away and withers.
We can use focus to strengthen the type of thoughts we want, and use nonchalant observation and letting go to weaken the type of thoughts we don't want. It's a simple tool - but that's our consciousness. And it's bloody powerful.
Good luck with rewiring your own brain. I wish you the best.
Warm Regards,
Jacob Pugmire
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