I'm sure this has happened to you: people and businesses shudding all over you, uninvited, and unwelcome. It's enough to drive a person crazy! How are you supposed to hear the sound of your own voice when you're being bombarded constantly with "You should do this" and "You should do that"?
It's hard to hear our own voices when our heads are crammed full with all the things others think we "should" be doing and thinking and wanting and having, not to mention the ways we "should" be looking and acting and talking. Without even knowing it, we internalize those messages, and we carry them around with us whether they're well-intentioned (like from people who care about us and only want what's best for us), or they're just incidental television commercials trying to sell us a magic potion.
How can we even hear ourselves think, much less hear what our own, inner voices have to say to us?
Here's a quick and fun way you can clear your head of all those internalized messages that overwhelm you each day. Sit quietly for a few minutes and let your head fill up with all those "shoulds". When you've got a good head-full, stand up and, bending over slightly, gently shake them all out, all over the floor. Watch them fly out through your eyes and ears, your nose and maybe even your mouth (like those lipstick and mouthwash commercials you got today) - and see them pile up in front of you on the floor. When you think you've gotten a whole supply of "shoulds" out, start stomping on them - (if you're alone, you can add hooting and hollering, and definitely laughing at them as you stomp them out). Then, step over what's left of them, and keep on walkin'.
You've got a lot of living to do, and there's nothing that feels so good as having a clear head.
