The 1, 2, 3 Rule. How to be happier and more successful?
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Hello fellow steemains. Everybody has very unpleasant and unpredictable tasks in his/her day. So here is a little rule with which you won't be sad doing them.
Let me give you a little example: You are at home, extremely hungry, and there is no bread. So you have to go out, go to the market, buy bread and come back. You start thinking how hungry you are, how far is the market, how exhausted you are and etc... So here is the tip: Count to 3 and just do it! One, two, three do it! Don't over think it. Just go out and buy bread! It is that simple. Without thinking about the negatives you will be happier and you will perform the action with better results.
Another example: You have a lot of homework. All day you are thinking about it, how much it is, how exhausting would it be to do it, how you have other work to do... Don't do it that way. So when you wake up count to three, get your books, do it, and you are done with it. Simple as it sounds.
So when we have to do something, our brain is starting to pop out some reasons why you should leave it for afterwards. You have to stop your brain creating these reasons, that's why you count to three and start performing the action. In that way you do not allow your brain to over think. Just keep it simple.
Next time when you should do something very unpleasant use this technique and you would be very thankful for it. I started using it about 3-4 months ago and I am feeling much better since then, especially when I have to do some annoying stuff. It sounds really simple and actually it is, but that doesn't mean that it is now working. So one, two, three DO IT!
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I rarly have problems like this... But if I ever do I will try counting to 3 :)
You never know what problems you will have to face! So it is better to prepared for everything! Cheers!
Very simple advice. Yet I know that it would work! I have a tendance to postpone things I really should just do. Next time I will try this and hopefully... just do it!
Thanks!
You are welcome!
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NOTIFY... Jokes aside, I'll try it out the next time I have to do some homework :)
Give it a try!
I'm an over thinker and people around me always refer me as a person who thinks too much. Not only because I spent a lot of time thinking but also I think fast, whenever a situation happen..... BOOM! hundreds of reasons and scenario would be in my mind, and that's why people always say that I should be writing novels or become a script writer.
However, to me it isn't a good thing because excessive thinking leads to procrastination and I realize actually everything I had was only in my mind and the things that I actually did was little. I read and think your way of overcoming this problem might work. I'm gonna start doing it and stop thinking.
The more you think, more confused you get!
Yes! and more decision to make and more options to choose from, and eventually it leads to headache but no decision is made.
Totally agreed!