The
Conversations in Our Heads
Have you noticed that while you are going about your
business you have these imagined conversations going on in your mind? Sometimes
it is you having a conversation with you, perhaps criticizing yourself for how
you handled something, or a commentary on the activity you are doing, or maybe
a discussion you recently had with a coworker. But many of the imagined
conversations typically involve irritation, annoyance, or anger towards others
and imagining what you would say or should say to these individuals. I find
that the majority, if not all, of these imagined conversations never occur and
are mostly distracting and counterproductive. When you decide that such
“in-house” mental discussions are of no benefit to the well-being of you or
others, label them mentally as “distraction” and come back to your present
focus. Of course, this takes practice, but you can anticipate that your
mindfulness will sharpen over time with this technique.
