Thoughtful Thursday & Finding Hearts
Most of us have all heard of the idea that what you focus on expands.
The human brain is so efficient that it is filtering massive amounts of information constantly coming at it.
There is no way it can process it all.
Your brain has learned over time what is important to you and what it can safely discard.
Imagine you have decided to buy a new car.
A white Subaru Assent.
Guess what?
It is now top of mind and you will see that model of car everywhere.
However, sometimes the information we have trained our brain to look for doesn’t serve us at all.
Focusing on thoughts like:
”I do everything wrong.”
“Life isn’t fair.”
”I am not enough.”
”Things never go right for me.”
With thoughts like these, our brain is focused on finding evidence to prove these thoughts are true because our brain has decided this important to us.
Is that where you want your focus?
Is there information or opportunities you have been missing out on because your current filter isn’t looking for them?
Did you know it is possible to retrain your brain?
You can change your filter and your focus on purpose.
Author, Mel Robbins, shares an exercise to retrain your brain in her book, The High Five Habit.
By simply looking for heart shapes in nature you are consciously telling your brain what is important to you and it will begin looking for it.
I have been doing this simple exercise and it has been cool to see what I am noticing on purpose.
Give it a try!
