Peep Talk with Tongryang: Thinking

 

 

Hi everyone! Hope you are doing well and having a great time?

 If this is your first time of visiting this blog, I’d say thank you for stopping by and welcome to my world. Here, I share my opinion about all things that concerns me not.
Today, I start the Peep Talk Series proper.

 The Peep Talk with Tongryang series is a platform where I get to share simple tips and information for people to utilize, to start living their dreams, identify life’s purpose and start-up businesses. I am all for living life to the fullest and this is my way of encouraging people to start living life as against just existing. It is actually a repeat of a segment I present on InnocentMinds Radio Show (a personal development show I co-host) in Jos.

So a listener contacted me on Facebook saying,” how can someone who does not know his purpose or who doesn’t have a dream but want to start something know what to do”… I told the person to start engaging in a mental activity that can direct, and give pointers. This mental activity is thinking.

 

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 Yep! You heard read right. Just chill a little thou, because by thinking, I don’t mean worrying or randomly fantasying. Let me clarify-thinking is a mental activity aimed at getting understanding/ clarification. Worrying is tormenting self about a particular thing (my definition of course). So while thinking seeks to understand and solve, worrying seeks to indulge in self-pity.

HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU ARE THINKING

You know you are thinking when you seek to understand something that happened or happens with the aim of proffering solutions. For instance, you reside in a neighbourhood where all the females drop out of school at a particular age. Then you set out time and think about the possible cause(s) and what you can do to be different- to go ahead complete your studies and do something for yourself and community. You are thinking, when you constantly seek ways to proffer solution to problems, when you seek ideas to do things differently even in the midst of difficult situations and failing systems

HOW THINKING CAN BE A POINTER

Now, take note of what you are always thinking about, the area that your thoughts constantly tilt towards. When you sit and unconsciously start thinking about the same thing over and over again, It could be an indication of where your interest and where your life’s work lies.