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Personal Journal - Day 0: A Study In Psychology
10 years ago
Alright, so I Am going to say this first. I have read several books that have claimed to work in terms of self-help, but what I have found from most, if not almost all of them, is that they fail to address the baseline issues. I have skimmed through this series now, and I have decided that it stands out from the rest of the books I had read prior.
A quick note to anyone reading who does not agree with these sorts of things: I have to say I have never found any book before (And I've been through several) that has really made a difference. HOWEVER, each and every one of those does have a small piece of knowledge you can pull from it. Positive thinking books (There's too many out there and they're a waste of time if you've already read two or three of them...) reiterate the SAME thing over and over. Motivational books (Also a waste of time after you've read a few) do the same. However, both of those sorts of books have information useful to pushing forward. Goal setting workshops, books, seminars...blah blah blah. Same thing. All of those? They're kind of useless on their own. Why? Psychology. None of them address what I have always said to be the CORE issue, and that's values and beliefs. Conflicts with each of those arise there, whether it's simply cynicism or a sort of dissonance within oneself. Skimming through this thing, it seems to be heavily centered around psychology, a nice change for once.
I was given this years ago by my mother, but never did give it a listen, and decided I might as well. I am partialy content with my current space and don't feel I need any assistance, for the record. I am merely curious as to what I can glean from this, if anything.
SO; anyone interested in actually seeing my thought process here can follow along, day-by-day. These journals could get very long though. I'll be pulling pieces of information from this as I go, summarizing its contents and also posting exercises (If you're crazy enough to follow) along with my own thoughts on the daily messages. I'll post one journal daily with the title above, all other journals are completely unrelated. That way you can just delete the "Personal Journals" if you want.
A quick note to anyone reading who does not agree with these sorts of things: I have to say I have never found any book before (And I've been through several) that has really made a difference. HOWEVER, each and every one of those does have a small piece of knowledge you can pull from it. Positive thinking books (There's too many out there and they're a waste of time if you've already read two or three of them...) reiterate the SAME thing over and over. Motivational books (Also a waste of time after you've read a few) do the same. However, both of those sorts of books have information useful to pushing forward. Goal setting workshops, books, seminars...blah blah blah. Same thing. All of those? They're kind of useless on their own. Why? Psychology. None of them address what I have always said to be the CORE issue, and that's values and beliefs. Conflicts with each of those arise there, whether it's simply cynicism or a sort of dissonance within oneself. Skimming through this thing, it seems to be heavily centered around psychology, a nice change for once.
I was given this years ago by my mother, but never did give it a listen, and decided I might as well. I am partialy content with my current space and don't feel I need any assistance, for the record. I am merely curious as to what I can glean from this, if anything.
SO; anyone interested in actually seeing my thought process here can follow along, day-by-day. These journals could get very long though. I'll be pulling pieces of information from this as I go, summarizing its contents and also posting exercises (If you're crazy enough to follow) along with my own thoughts on the daily messages. I'll post one journal daily with the title above, all other journals are completely unrelated. That way you can just delete the "Personal Journals" if you want.
