Average person has 300 negative thoughts per day Overcoming Negative Thoughts Buy a lined notebook and keep it with you throughout your day and night. Over 4 weeks, the moment a negative thought pops into your head, write it down. For example, "I hate my job" or "I'll never make my parents proud of me" Don't sit down and try to brainstorm negative thoughts?simply write them down as they occur naturally. Leave a few lines of space between each negative thought. Positive Empowering Advice Then, at any point during the 4 weeks, consider one of the negative thoughts you have written down. Then, imagine an upset best friend who now has this negative thought instead of you. Imagine yourself putting your arm around their shoulder to console them. Positive empowering advice should soothe and comfort a person and inspire them to deal with their negative thought by taking action. What positive empowering advice would you give to this best friend who has this negative thought? For example, your best friend has the negative thought of "I hate my job". So, your positive empowering advice might b 59"Look, I know you hate your job, but you should be thankful that you actually have a job and are not unemployed. Not only that, you should grateful and valued that an employer wants you to work for them. Also, you should be thankful that you are fit and healthy enough to be able to go to work; many people who are ill or disabled would love to be able to do the work, even for one day, which you take for granted. Also, you should think about something nice you can do for a loved one with some of the money you earn, something you've never done before, such as buying a small unexpected gift like a bouquet of flowers. Be grateful for your job and try to get some enjoyment out of it, whatever that may be. Be friendly to your colleagues and keep in mind your feelings of gratitude as you work throughout the day." Write your positive empowering advice for your best friend into the few lines of space between each negative thought. For every single negative thought you have written down, write positive empowering advice for a best friend for each of them. Your Future Thoughts After 4 weeks, on a daily basis, read over your book of negative thoughts and the positive empowering advice you have come up with. Eventually, those negative thoughts will realize they're facing a losing battle against your positive empowering advice. For any negative thoughts in the future, write them down straightaway and replace each of them with your positive empowering advice for a best friend.