Daily Gratitude: This is the most important concept for changing your life. It goes along with all the posts about how your thoughts can change your life. Once you change enough of your thoughts, you’ll have changed your mindset. First, though, you have to be aware of what you’re thinking and what your mindset is. Do you know what your mindset really is? Or do you have a bunch of mindsets depending on the circumstances? I used to have an entire box of them. I’d pull out the one that fit the situation. All that did was confuse everything and deplete me of energy. I won’t go into how that “box” of different mindsets is related to IFS (Internal Family Systems) but each mindset was from a different “part” of me. Anyway, once i learned to calm my nervous system and talk with my parts, things got more in alignment. The key was being aware of the many components and then working to figure out where they came from. Once you know what’s going on, you’ll smack your forehead and say “well, of course, no wonder I was so confused. Now I can see the thoughts and ideas that belong together and I can create more of them.” This doesn’t happen overnight but it can happen if you want it to. Keep track of your thoughts and how you approach different situations. Decide what you like and what you don’t like and work to improve the concepts you do like and eliminate the ones you don’t. You do have control over your thoughts. It just doesn’t feel like it sometimes.