How To Stay Positive

Saturday, the 17th of October 2026. And um, you know, one of the questions that I, that everyone gets asked to, that everyone gets asked on a regular basis is, you know, the typical how are you? And uh, at the moment, I'm thinking about, you know, how to respond to that question in a positive way, even though I might not be feeling so positive. 

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So I suppose, you know, thinking positive is a habit, um, feeling a positive. I'm not sure whether that's a habit or whether that's like, you know, there's a little bit of a gray area there, which is why, uh, you know, I'm sat here wondering how do I respond in a positive way, even though I might not be positive? 

Because one of the things about, um, I suppose the law of attraction is, uh, you know, is effectively like, you know, being able to a emit a positive energy and being in a positive attitude. 

But sometimes if you again, say, you know, if you respond, great, let's say, for example, someone's asking you, you know, how are you? and you say that you're great. 

Uh, sometimes that can actually manifest a negative response because you're actually observing, um, you know, you're observing the reality of the notion that you're not great. 

You see if that makes sense, it's like, you know, it can really back, you know, again, you again, you fall into the line of toxic positivity if you lie about the way that you're feeling. So I've been thinking a bit about how to actually manage that and how to respond in a positive way, even though I might not be feeling so positive. 

And I suppose mentally, in this mind of mine, what I've decided to do is, um, no matter how I'm feeling, I always respond great, like, you know, I'm doing great. 

And I always do the, you know, I'm going to follow the mental exercise to respond in an enthusiastic fashion. Because I might not necessarily be responding in a way that reflects how I'm presently feeling, even if I'm feeling tired and stuff like that. I am effectively reflecting and I'm representing the way that I want to feel, you know, this is what I want to be. 

And this is how I want to feel irrespective of the fact that I'm not feeling it because it is true. I want to feel great and I want to be great. So that's the response that I give out. 

So there were mental exercise that allows me to override the risk of effectively looking, you know, effectively, you know, running into toxic positivity. But yeah, um, it's a little bit of a work in progress.