In todays genius hour I spent time researching the negative factors in writing positive notes to oneself. I researched many videos and websites within this hour. What I have learned in this genius hour is that it may not be beneficial to constantly focus on the positive factors in your life. This may not be beneficial because it is important to recognize the negative things in order to reflect on them and develop skills and emotions to overcome those negative experiences, rather than ignore them.
This resonated with me because I have experienced a few days where I struggled to write a positive note to myself as there were many negatives that were weighing me down, but I ignored them and forced myself to think of something positive. This is not beneficial because those negative experiences are still with me and I feel that I only covered them up. The trouble I had this week was grasping that fact that it is okay to look and reflect on the negative aspects within your day and that we all need a balance of looking at both negative and positive. This challenged my thinking about how I want to continue these notes to myself as I question if I want to gain a balance and start reflecting on the negative as well. For my upcoming genius hours, I may turn towards developing a negative and positive balance of notes in order to see how that affects my emotion rather than strictly focusing on the positive.
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