When things seem awful and spinning out of control, list 10 good things about yourself and 10 good things about your life (the latter was a much easier list for me to complete!). There is research that ruminating on past slights can make you depressed and angry. I think that is true for me, so it may be for you also. Try it out and smile and go forward because you don't know where you are going but you do know where you have been.
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10 Good Things About Myself
- I am a good person
- I don't hurt animals
- I don't hurt other people
- I don't turn myself off to criticism
- I embrace tradition
- I am honest
- I am good with color and I like that about myself
- I put a lot of effort into teaching and my students like me
- I realize that I am not always right
- I keep trying
10 Good Things About My Life
- I love my kids
- I like my husband most of the time
- I love my dogs
- I love being Catholic
- I love my house
- I enjoy the location of where I live - I can walk to so many places
- I enjoy living in Washington, DC
- I enjoy being an online teacher
- I am so glad that I am Polish
- I am glad that I grew up in St. Louis in the '60s
