Thoughts

Negative situations happen all the time. It is inevitable whether it is from ourselves or other people, we have to deal with it from time to time. If you don’t figure out a way to get past it, it can basically consume you and affect every aspect of your life.
It may sound difficult to do, but instead of letting all that negativity eat away at you, if you use it to fuel your motivation, you can accomplish amazing things. Here’s how to do just that:

1. Use your anger as energy. When negativity finds your life, it can make you really angry. Use that anger to fuel your next workout or to make progress on your personal projects. Use it to push you even further.
2. Retrain your mind. The more you talk negatively to yourself, the more that negativity will become a part of you. Instead, practice the power of positive thinking. Any time a negative thought comes into your mind, replace it with a positive one. At some point, this will become more natural as your brain automatically turns a negative into a positive.
3. Exercise your body and mind. Exercise has physical as well as mental and emotional benefits. Getting out there and moving around will keep your body in better shape, as well as boosting your self-esteem for having the discipline to exercise.
4. Use it as constructive criticism. Not all negativity is actually meant to hurt you and bring you down. Sometimes, it’s just constructive criticism in disguise. There are times you have to take a step back and ask yourself if it’s just helpful advice instead of negativity. Once you realize that there are some people who are trying to help you succeed, you can use that as motivation to be better.
Accept it and find a solution. You might probably have heard about “the only constant in life is change”? There is a lot of truth to that, as we continually go through changes, whether good or bad. Accepting that changes are a part of life can help us to relax and be more accepting. Try to look for the positive aspect.

You are responsible for the outcome. Not your parents, not your friends, not God. YOU! Bad things, failure and negativity happens to all of us, but the way we respond to it is OUR choice.