Happiness Diet for Your Mind

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Timothy Anspach. Happiness Diet for Your Mind

Introduction

HDFYM Challenge

What is Mental Stimulus?

Developing a Mental Diet Plan

Meals

BREAKFAST

LUNCH

SNACKS

DINNER

Conclusion

Sample Diet

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I am writing this book because this is how I use to start and end my day. I was eating a mental diet of 24/7 national news and reality drama that created an emotional state that left me jaded, angry, lonely, and miserable, but I was unaware I had the power to change my emotional state by simply changing my mental diet. I thought I just had good days and bad days, I didn’t realize I could create the day I wanted by controlling what I surrounded myself by and what activities I indulged in. I have found a simple and easy way to increase my level of happiness on a regular basis by creating a mental daily diet that creates the type of thoughts I desire and therefore the mental state I desire. By taking control of what mental stimuli I choose to indulge in each day I am able to more easily control the thoughts I have that then create my emotions. The way you feel right now is the result of the thoughts you are having right now, and only you control them and only you choose what stimulus to indulge in that affect those thoughts. The ideas I speak of are nothing new, they are simply put in a form that more people are accustom to understanding. We all understand that proper diet and exercise are the keys to a healthy body, and I am simply applying that same theory to your mental health. Most people are not aware that they have control over their mental diet and what they mentally indulge in. What you choose to mentally indulge in will greatly affect your thoughts, and your thoughts create your emotional state. I am writing this in hopes that it will help people become more aware of what their current mental diet consists of, and if they are not currently happy on a regular basis, then for them to learn how to create a mental diet to help them get to the mental state they desire on a more consistent basis.

During this one week period I want you to try and only engage in conversations about childish or educational objective things. Avoid conversations about opinions, politics, religion, and other such subjects. Try to remember what conversations you had as a child with your friends and family and try and recreate those conversations. Talk about what you did during your day and what you are currently experiencing or working on.

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During this one week period I want you to try and only engage in conversations about childish or educational objective things. Avoid conversations about opinions, politics, religion, and other such subjects. Try to remember what conversations you had as a child with your friends and family and try and recreate those conversations. Talk about what you did during your day and what you are currently experiencing or working on.

Don’t worry, this is just a temporary experiment, the goal is not to permanently stick your head in the sand to the problems of the world, but rather to become aware of how powerful the stimulus we choose to indulge in each day can be on our mental state of mind. I have not met one person yet who does not feel a dramatic difference in their mood after this simple week long experiment. The different thoughts you begin to have created by the change in the stimulus you have chosen will be polar opposite to those created by news media and Social Networking. The point is not that we all need to watch the “Smurfs” for 30 minutes each day, although that probably wouldn’t hurt, but rather to be aware of how the stimulus you choose to indulge in on a regular basis affects your thoughts which then create your emotions which then create your mental state. In order to have a healthy mental state, you need a healthy mental diet consisting of mental stimulation that gives you the best chance to influence your thoughts in the direction you desire.

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