11/08/2025
Have you heard of the “one negative thought per day” technique?
How is that possible? Does it mean that I am walking around being incessantly happy and irritatingly upbeat? No. Let me explain.
I’m pretty much already aware of what’s wrong in the world or what isn’t working in my life, so I don’t need to think about all those things, dwell on them or obsess about them. 1. I have one thought that I allow to have importance. It may be one that affects how I am with people, impacts my future, or pops up on a consistent basis. That is usually the thought or emotion that is speaking out to me. It deserves attention! 2. I take that one negative thought and I allow myself to complain about it. I feel okay complaining about it because I know that it will be my only one negative thought. 3. I delve into it. I find out why it is upsetting me, how it impacts my decisions, if there is a deeper meaning behind it, and what that thought is trying to teach me. 4. I usually get a sense of satisfaction or relief, and if not, that’s ok too, it wasn’t it’s time yet.
People who do not allow themselves the time to focus on their negative thoughts are denying themselves their emotions. They walk around with an artificial smile and they may even make other people happy all the time, but they will never truly get to experience true happiness because they aren’t opening up fully to their emotions. They’ve created a shell and inside it they are either sad, angry or emotionally numb.
👉You can try the same process too, or DM me on how to get started. Once you get started, you will notice less and less negative thoughts popping up all the time.
The great thing about this technique is when other negative thoughts try to pop up you can tell yourself you’ve already had your negative thought so you can save it for another day. If it’s truly that important it will happen anyways, and you can take the time out to go through the same process with it.
