Thread by @thedankoe

How often are you in a bad mood?

How often does it affect your ability to “have a good time?”

Here’s one simple trick to (almost instantly) get out of it

A thread:

Tell me if this sounds familiar...

A problem pops into your head.

A problem you've had before.

A problem that you start to focus on a bit too much.

It starts to take over your mind. It's the only thing you think about now, and the problem get's bigger until it completely saps your energy.

This is not good.

Given time, this problem can dig into your relationships, your work, and of course - your well-being.

Over a 10 year span, if unresolved, this problem can lodge itself deep into your subconscious mind. Limiting your potential without you knowing.

Let's bite it in the butt.

As an entrepreneur, there was always a recurring problem in my life.

I always felt busy. Way too busy. Tasks were endlessly piling up and always in the back of my mind. I couldn't fully enjoy anything I was doing.

I wasn't fully present when spending time with my loved ones.

I wasn't fully present during my "focused" work sessions.

I was constantly checking my task list at the gym.

As a result, my relationship ended, my creative work suffered, and my workouts + nutrition fell with it.

The reality?

I wasn't busy at all. I only thought I was busy because I wasn't used to my workload.

That didn't matter to me. The problem grew in my head and slowly wreaked havoc on other areas of my life.

The solution?

It was too simple. Hidden in plain sight. And something we all understand the power of.

Once I pinned it as the solution - these big "problems" I was having vanished almost immediately.

I was able to dive fully into my relationships, do my best work, and start making consistent gains again.

// How To Solve Your Problem of Having Problems //

As always, we overthink things.

What solved my problem of having problems?

Speaking and/or writing.

Speaking / writing honestly about the problem I was going through with somebody or something I could confide in.

You can speak to yourself, to your journal, or in your own head... but the magic comes when you speak to another person.

Have you ever been pissed, talked to a loved one, and still had the problem after?

Or did it vanish into thin air because you realized how unimportant it was in the grand scheme of things?

The key here is awareness.

Without awareness, problems become a part of your identity, lessening your ability to solve them.

Like a virus attaching to their host.

The virus causes problems, sometimes unknowingly, to the host it attaches itself too.

The vaccine (that you should actually get) is speaking honestly about your problem.

This can be tapped into at anytime.

If you have something important coming up where you need to be fully present - call up a loved one and just let the problem flow out of you.

I'm not saying this is easy.

It's actually quite difficult. It takes a lot of practice to be truly honest with yourself and the person you are speaking to.

But once you get the hang of it, you stop seeing problems as problems.

You start seeing them as little viruses that have the potential to attach to you but can be eradicated beforehand.

The next time a perceived problem pops into your head:

1) Make a physical note of how you feel and how the problem is affecting you.

2) Make a reminder to call somebody you can confide in and speak honestly about your problem to.

3) Enjoy less stress, overthinking, worry, and anxiety.

As always, if you want to spread the message of this thread, RT the top tweet and have an absolutely amazing day.

I expand on this thread more in the new YT video that just dropped

Check it out here🤝