I’m in charge! How affirmations can help build your confidence

It's best to say your affirmations before the hustle and bustle of the day

Lock the door. Press play. Volume up. Let’s do this. “I am an amazing being on the soil of this earth…” Am I seriously supposed to repeat that!? I stare at the girl in the mirror holding a bottle of foundation and a beauty blender. I am getting ready for my day and apparently playing a video on YouTube, of affirmations I can repeat over and over, is going to make me feel better. It is supposed to set my intentions for the day and create a positive mindset. All I feel is a strange fear that this voice is trying to hypnotize me into joining a cult.

Affirmations are positive statements we say to ourselves repeatedly, out loud or in our own minds. They create mental images that can motivate, inspire and energize us. There is a conscious shift in focus to things which are positive, to override the negative. Thus for a recovering pessimist like myself, affirmations have great appeal. The benefits of this exercise are widely applicable.