The hardest personal goal I’ve ever had to set for myself is controlling my thoughts. The inner critic can be a real b*tch. Combine that with people that complain almost constantly about the state of affairs, or how hard it is to get by in life, and that inner voice turns into a storm eating away at everything good in life.
I’ve distanced myself from most of the negativity, although there are a few people I’m around for personal reasons; mostly that I feel some responsibility to at least be friendly to them.
It’s taken me a year and a half to create a new inner voice that sounds more like a motivational speaker than a heckler, but still that other voice likes to return. I keep shutting it down, and I’ll continue to until it’s gone for good.
If that’s even possible.
If not, then it’s a battle of wills. Good thing I’m really stubborn.
Darcy Branwyn 
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