Journaling, meditation and exercise. Those have always helped to center me and reinvigorate my inner alignment. I use journaling to analyze my thoughts, feelin

Journaling, meditation and exercise. Those have always helped to center me and reinvigorate my inner alignment. I use journaling to analyze my thoughts, feelings and behaviors. It’s a tool for putting myself under a microscope. Often tough questions can become much easier to answer. Meditation is powerful. I can’t fully articulate what it does for me but it improves my self worth and allows me to interrupt negative thought loops (which is what I call your situation). The journaling pairs nicely with meditation as I discover earlier and earlier triggers of bad thoughts via journaling. Then I preempt them via mindfulness - the skill cultivated while meditating. Finally, exercise is key for healthy body chemistry. It contributes to healthier mind, leading to better progress. I don’t do these things as often as I should but when I do I feel great about everything and I feel more myself at the same time.