Got up to wander around the house. Looked for work online. And accidentally stumbled on this writing article I wrote for an online news blog six months back.. I never sent it in. There it was sitting in a file on my desktop. Waiting for just such a time as this.
Cultivating a positive attitude
Writing is an art, a craft and an emotional investment.
Writers who actively pursue a positive attitude can keep writing through it
all. Whether freelance writing or simply living life, sooner or later someone
is bound to say: “Keep a positive attitude about it.” Heard it before? Some
times and some days keeping a positive attitude is “easier said than done”. Webster’s dictionary states that attitude can
be a mental position, a feeling or an emotion toward a fact or state. Attitude
is an outside reflection of how you think or feel inside. Here are some steps that can help in maintaining a
positive attitude
1 Keep positive by controlling voice tones and postures. Attitude
is an outside reflection of how a person thinks or feels inside. However,
controlling outside reflections can also influence how a person feels inside.
2. Breathe Deeply! Take some deep breaths and hold each
inhale for as long as you can before exhaling. Oxygen helps brains to work well
and this can help a person feel better. It’s easier to have a positive attitude
when you feel better and can think clearly.
3. Compare –Contrast Be here and now. Yes, planning for the future
can be fun and a quick bandaid for the soul. Yes, reflectively thinking about
the past, or remembering can be healthy or pleasant. There are times for both.
People who focus on the here and now get to fully experience what is going on.
Their senses are alert and receiving input. Alert senses also help writers’
observation skills, which can improve their writing.
3. Have bad moments, not bad days. Do the math! There are
1440 minutes in a day. Even a couple of horrible, terrible, rotten no good
hours leaves 1320 minutes that weren’t bad.
3. Writers who practice positive attitude purposefully cultivate
a healthy, realistic perspective about their days, So what if you
overslept, someone vomited on your shoe
on the bus, you lost your keys or your boss yelled at you. If that’s the worse
thing that happened to you today, you really had a good day. Think about all
the other bad things that could have happened but didn’t.
4. Be aware of your place in this world. How does your life
compare to most people in the rest of the world?
5. Cultivate an attitude of gratitude."
It might not be polished writing, but it was just what I needed.
Thought I would post it, just in case.....
