Optimistic Writing
You see thousands of images every day.
Only a few remain in your memory the next day.
Even fewer after a week.
We tend to remember insults and painful moments far more than we remember the good ones.
That pattern of holding onto the painful things can slowly darken the rest of our moments, even long time after they happened.
But can we change that?
Welcome to the optimistic writing method, a method (I) developed to include many ways that can help us change our attention to different spectrum of experiences.
How to do the optimistic writing?
Write about moments when you felt positive emotions. Be honest about how you felt, and try to elaborate.
Write about warm moments — moments of connection, even random smiles on the street. Describe them elaborately and creatively.
Write about moments of worry or sadness, but focus on how they ended.
Write for at least 10 minutes, once every 24 hours.