Thank you solitaire. Both CBT and Noom and damn near every psych workbook recommends tracking the behavior chain. A few weeks ago I downloaded a Solitaire and Mahjong app, and whenever a thought pops in my head to snack, I play instead. It doesn’t always work but hey, every little bit helps. I also did not think one could get better at Solitaire, but I guess you can. In a week I went from being thrilled with 4k points to now trying to beat my high score of 6200.
Edit: 7100 points is my current high score.
Behavior Chain Trigger > Thought > Decision > Action > Consequence
Grateful For:
- Back on track. Had a nice loss this morning. I starting logging again, have gone on walks two days in a row, considering how cold it is, I am happy with that.
- I was able to calm myself down after an extraordinarily stressful morning. Only took a couple of hours, which for me, is beyond amazing. Gratefulness exercising really helps, a good habit to have. Kind of blown away how chill I am right now. *pat on my back*
- No covid!
- Banh mi for meal today. One of our new favorites. I even remembered to pickle to carrots and radish the night before.
Godspeed Y’all
Content written a few weeks or months prior to ensure a true series and to share insights.
Quick recap, the purpose of vlogging this process. The journaling is part of a 30 Day Challenge I started over a year ago. I consider that a component of the Future Self Journaling process. The gratefulness notes near the bottom of each self improvement post is also a specific and helpful part of Future Self Journaling.