Negativity is something that often gets me down. It's not that I'm a negative person, in fact I'm usually upbeat and look for possibilities where others just don't see them. However I do just get negative about everything in general at times when I'm feeling like I'm not getting ahead. Dealing with work, endless cooking, cleaning, shopping, dealing with crappy weather, a mostly ungrateful teenager, being busy 24/7 feeling like I catch up only to fall behind again ... Well all those things make me negative.
When does life get easy, simple? Sure I could probably give up my job but I like the things that money can pay for and I crave intellectual stimulation so I would probably just complain about not having the things I want and being bored so that's a no.
Hubby tells me that negativity is the by product of being an over achiever. That when we set high expectations and are generally used to meeting them in other ways when we don't in some ways, it just makes us feel low and that brings negativity on. There is a certain level of acceptance that goes with expressing it, and being able to express it, understanding that acting on it would just make things worse ... So express away and move on!
I don't have a definitive answer to negativity except that I'm choosing to not allow food to be the soother to all things negative today. I'm blogging about feeling negative instead!
I pledge to recognize this feeling, accept it and move on without caving to food, in this moment.