Op Ed

Newsflash, negativity is successful at pulling at your sanity.

Dear Negative Person,


I couldn’t possibly think of a more displeasing way to go about my day than to hear, “It’s snowing AGAIN today!?” or “I mean, there just isn’t ANYTHING good about life…” or “Man, I really distaste my major…” Because let’s be real, it is snowing again! And it was your choice to move somewhere it snowed everyday, and it probably would’ve saved you money to stay in your warm state. If you choose to never see the light, you ain’t ever gonna see it. If you don’t have motivation, figure out why and find some. It’s okay to go through hard times, but if all you ever do is sit around and complain; who the HECK is that benefiting? It sure isn’t benefiting either of us, so go figure it out.

Surprisingly, (to go away from my first angry rant) when feeling negative the worst thing you can do is repress the negativity. Newsflash, if you constantly have to remind yourself to let something go, you aren’t actually letting it go. It may sound backwards but the truth is, when you talk about it, you unleash the demons of your mind; the demon has less of a chance of successfully bringing you down with it when you have your friends around. It’s almost as if the people around you are your guardian angels and can help get the demon off of you. This isn’t to say sometimes there are bigger issues; you may quite possibly find that demon of yours is stronger than you thought. Have no fear!! There is still hope for you in trained magicians! I mean psychologists. They have a special way of getting the demons away.

The truth is, the more you focus on the negative the more your brain becomes accustomed to the negative. If all you ever do is look at the glass and realize that it is already half empty, roll your eyes and walk away because, “there is nothing left for me here!” you are going about it wrong. I’ll be honest, sometimes the glass is half empty, so go fill it up.