As human beings, how many things do we manage daily to get a stress free sleep at night? We learn to implement time management, stress management, anger management, etc. but have you ever thought about your thoughts? Yes, I am talking about thought management. If you have a self-controlled and decisive thought process, you will stay away from your time management problem, stress problem, an anger problem. Nobody ever talks about thought management. Hence I have decided to write this article to guide you on how you can have clutter-free thoughts.
Clear the clutter
Let’s suppose your body is a big multinational company, and you are the owner of the company seating at the headquarter, which is your brain.
Daily, your brain may get a different kind of responses from your various body parts, your circumstances, etc. Some positive/ happy responses, as well as some negative/sad responses. Positive responses like you got good news; you got a gift, you got a nice haircut, etc. Negative or sad responses like your leg got injured, your boss scolds you at the office, etc.
Likewise, when you are sitting on the headquarter, which is your brain, you may get different such positive and negative responses from your body and your circumstances. As an owner of the company, it’s your responsibility to be happy for those positive responses and how to be sad about keeping your thoughts clean to avoid negative responses.
80-20 Ratio:
As per the research, 80% of our thoughts that generate in our minds are negative thoughts, and only 20% of the thoughts are positive. And the Ratio of negative thought is increasing day by day. There are various factors which are impacting on this increasing negative Ratio. But we need to keep ourselves away from all those negative factors.
How Important our thought process is?
Our thought process has a significant role in our life. Our thought process helps us to know the tiny elements of our life, like our likes, our dislikes, the things which make us happy, the things which annoy us. When you indulge in a thinking process, you can know yourself more deeply and clearly.
Now let’s take an example.
You are reading this article. Are you reading this article? Say Yes.
Okay. I got it. You are reading this article. Because you know you will get the solution to any problem in this blog. Right?
Now let’s say something else is going on in your mind while you are reading this article.
What does it mean? It means that you don’t have control over your thought process. Keep reading this article to know the strategies to keep the thought process under your control and make your mind clutter-free.
What are the cluttered thoughts?
Your mom took nine months to give birth to you, but your brain doesn’t take a minute to give birth to a thought. So many thoughts arose in your minds within a minute. The problem happens when many thoughts arise. Those thoughts don’t have any meaning, which doesn’t have any reality. It is known as overthinking.
Overthinking happens when you are not doing anything productive.
So it’s essential to keep yourself busy with some productive work.
Let’s suppose you are a student and trying to focus on your study. You took the firm decision that you will not think anything; instead, you kept aside all those things that distract you.
But in case if a little thought arises in your mind, then it will lead you to many such thoughts. And you will get distracted towards negative energy. You will not be able to concentrate on your studies.
Because of that one thought attack, you became unfocused and restless. These thoughts are known as cluttered thoughts.
Why these cluttered thoughts arise in our minds?
Clutter thoughts arise when our mind is free. When the mind is not involved with any productive activity, then this clutter thought arises.
There are differences between thinking and overthinking. It doesn’t harm you when you are thinking about something; Thinking leads us towards a positive direction. But overthinking leads us towards a negative direction. Overthinking harms us when it stays with us for the long term. Overthinking converts our emotions into anger, regret, anxiety, ego, suspicion, irritation, etc. All these things together create a lot of cluttered thoughts in our minds.
Overthinking harms our relations, our career, our future, and our life.
Daily, there are many factors due to which the clutter thoughts get arises in our life.
- Due to your workload, your level of stress increases, and our mind gets diverted towards negative thinking.
- You get negative when you are alone, and you don’t get the necessary support from anyone.
- You are affected by the rude or indecent behavior of someone. It leads you to negative energy.
- Sometimes you feel restless when you are going through some significant loss.
- Arguments with others hurt you and create negative energy around you.
- When you are idle, you get negative thoughts in your mind.
- You get negative thoughts when you are going through the break-up.
Like this, there are many more factors that create cluttered thoughts in your mind.
We are continuously talking about cluttered thoughts. But is there a solution to this? Let’s discuss this.
How to get rid of Overthinking?
Here are some tried and tested methods for you to get rid of overthinking.
- Make a list of all such negative energies that distract you and Stay away.
- Make a list of all those people who don’t provide any value in your life—but make you negative. Stay away from them.
- Make a list of all those words that you don’t like, But you are doing forcefully. Stay away from that work or find an alternate solution to get rid of that work.
- Make a list of all those things at your home, which is of no use but an extra burden. Sell them out.
- Make a list of the things where you waste your time unnecessarily. Stop doing those activities.
- Make a list of all those apps from your phone, which distracts you again and again but doesn’t provide any value. Uninstall them.
- Make a list of all those tiny aspects of your life, your likes, your dislikes. Work on them.
- Make a list of your hobbies that makes you happy. Make time for them.
- Make a list of your passion and interest. Pursue them.
- Make a list of all those successful people in your surrounding. Stay with them.
- Make a list of all those tasks that makes you productive. Work on them.
In this way, you can make a list of everything you can. And Act on them wisely. Also, prioritize the things in your life. Prioritize what’s important for now. Do not overburden your self with additional elements in your life. Keep yourself away from the things which are not vital for you.
Give yourself a little time regularly. And find out if anything is creating any blockage in your life. Find a solution to get rid of them.
Appreciate yourself for the things you have. Learn to show gratitude for everything and everyone that creates value in your life.
Utilize your time in productive things. Never disrespect the time because time is very precious. Utilize the time wisely.
My Takeaways
When you declutter the thoughts from your mind, you create some extra space for yourself. You will attract more time, more confidence, more control, more focus, and more productivity. So it’s vital to declutter your mind from unnecessary thoughts.
Your energy thought and time is valuable. So use them wisely.