I’m 16 years old finishing up the final semester in my 10th grade year.
I am a really apathetic person and I don’t exactly care much about going to college. I just want to be a music producer when I’m older. But how do I motivate myself to do my school work when I basically don’t care?
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I have no self esteem, I hate looking in mirrors. I hate it but thats just me. I guess whenever I talk to someone, my bad mood translates into bitchiness. Im trying really hard not to do that and be more outgoing and nice but its so hard. I dont know what to do
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(Be specific at home, work and socially)
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We can develop a positive attitude by doing all of the following EXCEPT:
a) rejecting highly critical attitudes.
b) believing that we are worthy of respect.
c) freeing ourselves of highly evaluative feelings.
d) comparing ourselves with cultural standards and norms.
i know its not b or c
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How do school-age children develop a realistic self-concept, and what contributes to self-esteem? What as a classroom teacher can you do to help a child with a low self-esteem?
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Hi, I am a creative (typical Aries) person who tends to come up with a lot of ideas and start a lot of projects (mainly writing projects), but then I get bored and move on to the next project before I’ve finished the previous one. The only way I have ever finished anything was when a grade or deadline someone else set was involved, but I can’t be in school for the rest of my life. I’ve thought about writing a plan, but I’m so lazy I don’t think I’d ever start it much less finish it. What I’d like you to tell me is how you developed discipline/focus or overcome distractions/laziness and met your goals. Good and detailed ideas only-none of that “just do it!” crap or any other cliches. Thanks!
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i try to avoid negative thoughts but i can’t…
lack of concentration…
i can’t focus on study and i can’t listen to other’s words
my concentration gets diverted…..
HELP ME
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Hello,
(ANS) YES! I do think its important to be positive in our outlook on life and also to try and be positive about ourselves. I think we live in a dreadfully negative culture were every hour of every day the news reports disaster after disaster, or news which only focussed on horrible & extreme things. I think such constant negativity does have a pernicious or corrosive effect on the individual person. So I think trying to be positive is valuable to counter act this constant drip feed of negativity.
**My only caution is that it is also possible to go to far in the other direction too, meaning that if we are too positive its forced positivity i.e. its false or not real or we see life & everything through rose colored glasses. I’m not saying you will but I’m saying thats the extreme end if taken too far.
**we are all far to quick to judge ourselves & others, too quick to see the glass as half empty rather than half full. Too quick to see what we lack or don’t have in comparison to others rather than being extremely grateful & contented with the things we do have.
Good luck with developing your positivity of mind & out look.
NOTE: have you looked at how to use “contradictions” to counter inner negativity.?
Best Regards go well Ivan.
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repeat this affirmation many times daily “day by day in every way im becoming more and more positive “
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if you are always getting rejected by men, can this cause low self esteem? It seams a struggle I have because of it!
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