“Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves.”
– Nathaniel Branden

🎯 Today’s Mission:

Today we are going to focus on some mental self-care.

To successfully complete today’s mission:

• ✅ Squash the ANTS.

• ✅ How did you find this exercise? Share with us in the Self-Care Challenge Support Group on Facebook.

💡 More Info:

What does “squash the ants” mean?

It means we are going to quash any Automatic Negative Thoughts that pop into your mind.

ANTs stands for:

• Automatic
• Negative
• Thoughts

The idea is that as soon as something negative (or doubtful) pops into your head, you look for a way to squash it immediately.

Ignore it. Push it away. Change your environment. Distract yourself. Do something to prove it wrong. Take back control.

Squash the thought.

Then, replace it with something more positive.

As we go through life, we develop these stories about who we are based on our past or current experiences.

For example, if you’ve been shy and introverted in the past, you might think that you will always be shy and introverted in the future.

Or, if you’ve failed on your diet in the past, you might think that you will always fail on your diet in the future.

Or, if you never really played any sports as a kid, you might think that you will never be a sporty and active person in the future.

Or, if you’ve always had trouble sleeping properly, you might think that you will always be like that for the rest of your life.

The thing is, your past does not have to define your future.

Your actions define your future.

✅ Mission Accomplished?

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