I was going to title this – It’s all in the mind but figured it’ll be bland, lukewarm…which is certainly not the feeling I’m trying to convey.
Now, growing up, when I had an occasion which I wanted to be pumped for, I’d wear a brand new underwear or accessory.
Significant memory of this was for exams. I always kept my new underwear/socks unopened until these periods.
Tearing them open, in retrospect, made me feel like I had power. Their feel on my body made me feel really brand new. Like I had entered a new phase. And it encouraged me to face that “occasion” with a strengthened mindset.
But as you can see, it’s all in the mind.
The brand new underwear didn’t physically do anything to me. It just empowered my mind which gave me the mental fortitude to do better.
As far as young me was concerned, I wouldn’t get those As if I wasn’t wearing new underwear.
Now, as a grown woman, I still do it from time to time but it got me thinking of what other ways some seemingly mundane act can make me feel powerful enough to take on a situation.
Now I’m determined to find some more.
I know great shoes certainly make me feel like the most accomplished person. New clothes give me power… but please those aren’t mundane enough. They cost too much to have a million of them.
Thinking chewing gum, or maybe a new hairstyle. I already have music.
Life is stressful enough. So many things are outside your control. If I can keep finding little things that’ll make me feel better, which I I have control over, then that’s Didi: 1-0 Life
An aside: A friend just read the book – Man’s Search for Meaning and has been going on and on the how powerful and malleable the human mind is. I read this book in 2020, yes when thought the world was ending… perfect time.
The book chronicles the experience of a prisoner during the World War II.
What do you do in the face of death? How do you carry on?
If you stumble on this blog, please read the book.
And if you don’t have the time to read it soon, look up logotherapy in the mean time.
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