Getting out of that Negative Headspace

Does motivating others feel easier than motivating yourself? Read this.

Joan Amanwi
3 min readSep 9, 2020

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It’s one thing to tell people to get out of their negative headspace and look at the brighter side of life; it, however, is another thing to practically walk the walk when you find yourself in the same pound.

If you are one of the people everyone looks to for help and motivation, well…you might know how hard it is to motivate your own self out of the dark pit of momentary self-pity and outright negativity.

I know how hard it is because I’m in that space right now.

Among the numerous things I dread doing, getting out of my own negative headspace is the hardest.

Why?

It’s simple. I’m am an optimist 80% of the time.

That simply means I don’t know how to deal with negative thoughts when they arise because they scarcely visit anyways — And when they do, they are dark and aggressive.

….but a cup of hot chocolate helps.

If you are still reading this that means I’m making some sense. I apologize for any typos in advance. This is one of those days when you write, publish and darn the consequences.

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