HOLE: If you’re in one, stop digging.

Your primal brain just put a shovel in your hands without your permission. Muscle memory has kicked in and without even thinking, you’re digging a deeper hole.

Digging is staying in a narrative or situation that is not serving you.

Ex: Believing you suck because you didn’t get the thing you applied for.
Complaining about the complainers.
Carrying around resentment because “someone” isn’t doing what they “should”

Every shovel of dirt we dig deepens the hole we’re in, leaving us worse off.
Slinging dirt has little to no affect on anyone else but us so why do we do it?

Because these automatic responses are


deeply rooted evolutionary mechanisms that are hardwired into our brains for survival.

“𝐎𝐤, 𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩?”

• Be the watcher of your brain!
• Realize when you are holding the shovel and toss it  aside.
• Ask “What narrative am I indulging in right now?” “What else could be true about this situation?”
• Get in your body (putting you back in control instead of your primal brain) i.e. Deep breath. Stretch. Go for a walk. Yell into the void.
• Imagine every bad situation as a test, an opportunity to practice being your higher self.

The truth is, our struggles are our greatest teachers and our biggest opportunity to make positive change.

So, next time you find yourself in a hole, remember:
Stop digging.
Pause.
Observe.
Ask.
Breathe.
Embrace the discomfort.

Your higher self will pull you out of the hole.

IMAGE: Sigurður Guðmundsson⁠⠀JOURNEY OF BEING
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