I Started to Feel Depressed

I started to feel depressed

I woke up at the normal time of 5-30 am on a Wednesday, middle of the working week. I grabbed my phone that was just beside bed. I clicked on the FB app to check out my latest post to see how many more likes I had received.

30 minutes later after I have clicked myself dizzy on FB it was time to check out the news. I have a few different apps that I source the news. Most of the news apps would serve me up a good dose of what is not working in the world. I was fortunate enough to find a handful of disasters and there was no shortage of personal tradgadys. Stock market was top heavy with fears of another crash and an International Trading company was filing for bankruptcy.

After 90 minutes of surfing the news apps it was 7-30am. Time to quickly get dressed, have some breakfast and head off to work.

This would be a typical morning ritual for me.

As I was preparing for work my mind kept focusing on the various news items I had fed my mind only minutes ago. My mind was specifically thinking about all the people who would lose their jobs because of the bankruptcy. What would the workers do? They will be shocked…What if they can’t get another job and they have families to look after and feed?

Now I’m running late so just a couple of mouthfuls of coffee and I need to catch the bus. While on the bus I quickly check the news to see if there has been any updates. No updates on the bankruptcy but there was a car accident early this morning with 2 deaths.

Back to FB now to check on the post. Bugger…no more likes…

Clock in at work just in time and make my way to my desk.

Ok…what day is it? What do I need to do today?

I’m low in energy and feel a little sad, I started to feel depressed. I really don’t want to be here today. I know…I’ll go down stairs and get a coffee and donut, that will work.

Now I feel I have some energy but I just realized I was supposed to be on a diet as I’m getting too big. I hate myself for been so big and looking like I do. I look around the office and see other people who are bigger than me…so why worry…

Looking at my desk and around the office I don’t see anything pleasant or good…

Why can’t I see anything good today? Why does everything look bleak and dark?

Do you recognize this person?

What have I been feeding my MIND?

What have I been feeding my RAS?

Reticular Activating System

Understand This…

The quality of our life is determined by our Rituals. What we feed the mind and body on a regular basis will give us the corresponding results. It’s a law of nature (similar to gravity) that can’t be broken.

Tell me your results and I will tell you your Rituals.