Tag: shifting mindset

Stop the Broken Record

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In the early days of my retirement, I read about the concept of morning pages in Julia Camerson’s The Artist Way.  In the way of many things in retirement, I “tried it on.”  It stuck.  I’ve been an avid morning journal writer ever since. My morning journal time has become almost necessary to my well-being … Continue reading Stop the Broken Record

Overthinking – It’s All Relative, Think Differently

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I feel I need to introduce myself as, “Hi, I’m Pat. I’m an overthinker.”  I struggle to shut down the critical thinker side of myself, the one who continues to judge practically everything. The one who second guesses the past, and “what if’s” the future. And too often concludes I’m not enough. We live in … Continue reading Overthinking – It’s All Relative, Think Differently