Intentional Avoidance and Focus

 An amazing ability that may be unique to humans is the ability to think about our own thinking. This ability gives us some powerful tools for managing the ways we respond to distressing and exhausting  experiences, including our work. One of these tools is the ability to notice which aspects of our world are receiving the greatest part of our attention, and which aspects we are giving less attention to. Remember that our world  includes both our external world (the environment, people, noises and other things around us) and our internal world (the feelings in our bodies, our thoughts and feelings). Are we focusing on the hings in our worlds (both external and internal) that inspire and refresh us? Or are we focusing on the things that add to our unhappiness and tiredness?