It’s weird because positive thinking always backfires for me. Seriously. Whenever I would think I did fantastic on a test or paper, I would get a horrible grade. But if I thought I majorly bombed something, I would always get an A. I started charting it, and every time I felt confident in school, I’d get a bad grade and vice versa.

But it ONLY happened with school stuff. So does that mean if I felt overly confident, I wouldn’t study as hard, or wouldn’t take the time to really polish my writing then I would if I was feeling less confident? I have no clue! So weird…

I could not agree more with your belief on positive thinking. It is probably the one thing I preach to my peers more than anything!

I completely agree. When you think you are going to accomplish something you are more likely to accomplish it. Interestingly, I read, that if you visualize the obsticles you might face on the way towards your goals and then visualize how you will over come them you are even more likely to complete your goal.

Kind of another way of thinking about the boyscouts motto. Always be prepared.

i am learning to swim and my workouts were so great this week, everything really clicked. glad things are going well for you too.

I agree with you 100% on the positive thinking! Thoughts become things, choose the good ones!

GREAT job on your swimming!

I just caught up on your posts for the day and I am right there with you on the positive thinking and ESP. With the latter, I often find myself suddenly thinking about a particular person before they call or I won’t have my phone on me all day and at some point feel the need to go get it, at which point I notice that I am receiving or just missed a somehow important phone call. And I don’t believe in being any other way but optimistic, it makes each day a little brighter and is usually strong enough to positively influence others as well, just as your husband turned your thoughts around 🙂 have a great day!

That sandwich deserves a gold medal…in the Olympics.

I’m totally into positive thinking to manifesting one’s destiny. Have you ever read Wayne Dyer? it’s kind of more spiritual, but really makes you think in different ways.
I need to start swimming!!! I just have to go for it I guess and find the time 🙂 Have a great weekend!!

I think that’s important for readers to know — bloggers can be selective about what goes on the blog : ) And the power of positive thinking is SO powerful! I couldn’t agree more!

I’m envisioning Pea Daddy bringing roses and cupcakes to date night tonight….we’ll see how that goes!!!

I definitely see you as a positive person, but you aren’t shooting hearts and flowers up our hoohahs, which I appreciate, so thank you!

I like showering at the gym, too. I’m tall and my home showers (I rent) always are too short for me. I bonking my head on the nozzle! The gym showers are nice and tall. And they have good heat and pressure. I’m willing to suck up the public nakedness for a good shower!

I think you are such a positive person. You always have such a great attitude every day….It helps me to stay positive as well. 🙂 I tagged you for the beautiful blogger award. Here’s the link to my blog! http://tinyurl.com/beautifulblogger

I’ve found that thinking positively puts me in a better mood overall, no matter what the situation. If I can put a positive spin on the situation, it somehow makes everything seem not as bad.

I love showering at the gym too! I only shower at home like once or twice a week now. Your sandwich looks delish!

I’m lucky enough to live three streets away from my gym so I can come back and shower at home… yeah!
I don’t know if it counts as positive thinking but I realized recently that when I’m really happy, even better things start to happen… Does that sentence make any sense? I mean that, when I tell myself how lucky I am, things get even better (new job, more friends, etc.).
Your sandwich looks awesome by the way. I’m putting eggplant on my grocery list tonight!

I completely agree with positive thinking. My mom always taught me to “find the silver lining” of any bad situation. The bad part might be x, but what’s the good it in. It helps a lot and am known to give my friends the silver lining whenever they have a problem.
I think you’re right too about it helping you reach your goals. I started bikram yoga this week and boy is it hot and hard, but I feel fabulous. Obviously it’s easy to get dizzy and lightheaded but you fight threw it and end up thinking at the end of class, “wow I did it!” YAY!

Caitlin- I couldn’t agree more with you about the power of positive thought. Sometimes I will stop what I’m doing when I feel myself getting negative, whiny, or beginning to complain. Then I MAKE myself breath deep, push out the negative (literally, I push it with my hands, sounds ridic) and I always feel better. So, you’re not crazy or weird, and I feel ya 🙂

I watched The Secret video, and it’s pretty cheesy. It’s like, “If you have bills piling up, just visualize having the money to pay them off and you will!” So yeah, it’s a little annoying, but I TOTALLY believe in the jist of it. Maintaining positivity after losing my job has been so imperative, and it has totally helped. If you’re positive, you keep pushing and searching, and something, even if it’s small, usually DOES work out.

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Lol I hate showering at the gym. I hate even going into the locker room! Some of those old men are a bit too open…

Your grilled veggie sammie looks delish minus the eggplant for me =) Way to be positive!

I”m glad you got your workout in…me? Eating a granola bar and checking blogs…gonna hit up chipotle in a bit. Sorry it’s LAZY day for me. BTW I totally agree with you on the power of THINKING positive. I see how being negative and jealous affects others around me and it’s not a pretty site. You only live one life, enjoy it or at least HOPE to enjoy it.

The comment about positive thoughts is SO TRUE. My roommate is an extremely negative person and it’s even hard to live with someone that is that negative all the time. I love her, but after a while it brings me down. I’ve just started encouraging her to be more positive, and so far, so good 🙂

Also, that sandwich looks AMAZING.

Sounds like a tough workout! And that veggie sammie sounds so good!!! I will have to try that..

And you are SO right about positive thinking. If you allow yourself to wallow in misery.. you will be unhappy. It’s hard to climb out of that. But if you try to look on the bright side, the world just seems like a better place 🙂 I have realized that recently and I am a lot more happier when I try to think positively.

Sandwich looks great!!

While I found The Secret to be pretty cheesey myself – although Oprah always says that you “dont get it until you are at the point where you are ready to receive the information” – I do agree that positivity can shape our lives and I truly feel that it can have a greater impact than we even suspect that it can.

That said…. I hate hate hate showering at the gym!! Haha… I love showering at home where I know where everything is 🙂

I’m really enjoying reading about your adventures in swimming workouts!

I completely agree that positive thought is probably about 90% of how things happen and how we handle them. I kind of think of it like how living a healthy life is said to be 10% exercise, 90% what you eat..well if we think positively, even “bad” things that happen won’t turn out so bad. We can cope with life in an entirely different way depending on our perspective.

I want to believe in positive thinking, but it is so hard for me to believe in something I can’t see/there is no proof of. I definitely want to become more “positive.” Though I don’t think I have a tendency to look on the negative side of things, I’m not sure I look on the positive side either, haha.