Introduction
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Look to find some particular sayings that resonate with yourself as something you can regularly remind and repeat to yourself to help with your resolve in thinking and behaving in a more useful way. Some examples are given here, but don’t simply solely focus on these, unless they do work for you. Look to find or make up your own, and feel free to modify and adapt any you come across to suit your own ends.
‘Evidence first, beliefs second’
‘I can’t change the past, but I can change the future’
‘If not now, when?’
‘If it needs to be done, just get on and do it’
‘This time right now: use it or lose it’
‘You can’t do everything straight away, but you can do something.’
‘A bit at a time is all it takes’
‘Just a little bit more’
‘Persevere and I will grow stronger’
‘People are just trying to do their best in the circumstances they find themselves in’
‘They are as they are’
‘It is as it is: deal with it’
‘One day at a time’
‘Short term pleasure or long term interest?’
‘If others can do it, so can I’
‘What would (someone I really respect) do in these circumstances?’
‘What’s the worst that can happen and is it really so very bad?’
‘Don’t worry, it may never happen, and if it does, you’ll cope.’