Work & Life Lessons from 2024 - part 3

Lesson 3: It’s your life and you’re in control, but you are constantly being “influenced”

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Something I learned a while ago when it comes to negative thoughts is to ask myself “who told you that.” 

It helps me reframe and challenge the negative thoughts.

This year, I found myself doing this more often with all my thoughts - positive, neutral, and negative.

Why did I start doing this? I’m not entirely sure.

But what I found was that my thoughts were being influenced by strangers on the internet. 

I was creating rules for myself based on what I was seeing other people do (or not do).

Sometimes good rules! Sometimes not so good rules.

It made me realize how much the content we consume impacts us.

And helped me reflect on how much time I was consuming content, who I was consuming it from, and who I would rather not consume it from.

Don’t get me wrong, I like social media of course!! 

I love getting recommendations from others on products they like, hearing about others experiences, and connecting with people!!

It’s just important to reflect and realize how it’s impacting you every once in a while.

How has social media influenced you in 2024??

What are the positives and negatives you experience from social media?