Figment of Your Imagination

 Figment of Your Imagination

Let us suppose that what we think about we bring more of into our lives, and what we do not we bring less of. Could it just be a psychological bias. What we focus on we notice more. When we have a hammer we notice a lot of nails. This seems the plausible version of reality.

However, we can use this psychological error to our advantage. We can use this to build up our positivity. Focussing on the things that are good, that we want and believe we will have, over the things that irritate us and sap our attention. Is the street noise much worse than years before, or am I just creating a negative focus loop by fixating on it? By focussing on other things it strengthens the neural pathways connecting those things. This is not something that is verifiable by science.

It feels better, creates a better way to live. Ultimately, this is the point. Some problems are solved rationally, some psychological problems can be solved by feel, rather than truth. Whether or not good and bad things that happen to use are objective or subjective to us, doesn't matter. It is how we deal with this reality as we perceive it to be from a quality of life vantage point.

Of course, we must let down this shield of positivity when we are actually trying to solve our problems. At the problem-solving time only. We must be positive to get through the rest of our day and not wallow in the mental muck over and over again.