Cool, I'm going to make a musical list too. I have some written work
to do for this tonight. Do we have a consensus on how long a negative
thought can stay before we have to admit defeat, 1 sec, 5 secs,
10secs....We should agree that first.

--- In bylto@yahoogroups.com, "Laura Dean" <tralad@...> wrote:
>
>
> I've been "practicing" today, but I did do an EFT. Was meditating on
> what is blocking me and it came up to do EFT on guilt. So for that,
> was focusing on negative thoughts to help clear a deeper issue. But
> just shifting focus worked for the negative thoughts triggered by
> external circumstance.
>
> Anyways, after a day, I think the language in the challenge is a bit
> extreme and that it will not kill the whole week if, for example, it
> takes you a whole 30 seconds to notice you are thinking a negative
> thought. Sometimes if a problem would come up then I would struggle
> with how to think of a solution without focusing on the negativity of
> the problem and I wasn't entirely sure if my thoughts were positive
> enough. I just kept the intention to think about the situation as
> positively as possible (only focusing on a solution with no internal
> "poor me" dialogue).
>
> I compiled a list of upbeat music last week, just in time for this
> challenge. I'm going to post my (long) list, would love to get even
> more suggestions!
>
> (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock
> A Spoonful Of Sugar (Mary Poppins)
> Always Look On The Bright Side (Monty Python)
> Aquarius (Let The Sun Shine In)
> Beautiful Day
> Beautiful Noise
> Blackbird
> Boogie Wonderland
> Bright side of the road
> Can't Buy Me Love
> Climb ev'ry mountain
> Dance, Dance, Dance
> Daydream
> Daydream Believer
> Devil Went Down To Georgia
> Don't Worry Be Happy
> Down to the River to Pray
> Easy
> Dueling Banjos
> Even the bad times are good
> Everybody's Free (to wear sunscreen)
> Everybody Wants to Rule the World
> Flowers in the Rain
> Fly
> Fly Like An Eagle
> Dancing With Myself
> Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
> Good Vibrations
> Groovin'
> Hakuna Matata (The Lion King)
> Here Comes The Sun
> I'd Like to Teach The World to sing
> I'll Fly Away
> I'm in the mood for dancing
> I'm Just A Lucky So And So
> I've Got The Music In Me
> I can see clearly now
> I Have A Dream
> I Love Rock 'N Roll
> I Whistle A Happy Tune
> I Will Survive
> If I Had A Hammer
> Inside My Mind [Blue Skies]
> Isn't This a Lovely Day (to Be Caught in the Rain)
> It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
> Johnny B. Goode
> Keep On Moving
> Keep on the Sunny Side
> La Bamba
> Lean On Me
> I Hope You Dance
> Let's Dance
> Let It Be
> Let Love Lead The Way
> Listen To The Music
> Live, Laugh, Love
> Love Is All Around
> Mighty Quinn
> Mockingbird
> Morning Has Broken
> Mr. Bojangles
> New World in the Morning
> Ob-la-di, ob-la-da
> Ooh Child
> Peaceful Easy Feeling
> Play that funky music
> Raindrops keep falling on my head
> Red Rubber Ball
> Rhythm Of The Night
> Rockin' Robin
> Rock The Boat
> Singing in the Rain
> Sittin' on the dock of the Bay
> Song Sung Blue
> Soul Man
> Spice Up Your Life
> Summertime
> Sunny afternoon
> Sunshine Reggae
> Teach Your Children
> That's the way i like it
> The 59th Street Bridge Song [Feelin' Groovy]
> The Bare Necessities
> The road ahead
> Turn!Turn!Turn!
> Walk Like An Egyptian
> Walking Back To Happiness
> Walking On Sunshine
> We Are Growing
> We Are The Champions
> We Shall Overcome
> We Will Rock You
> What A Wonderful World
> What The World Needs Now
> Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)
> When The Going Gets Tough
> Whistle While You Work
> Wooly Bully
> Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
>
> ~Lauxa
>
> --- In bylto@yahoogroups.com, "Hazel Rogers" <hazel@> wrote:
> >
> > Even better - choose positive music!! Listen to your old CDs?
> >
> > Also think of things you enjoy doing, things that always cheer you up
> > and make a list now. So if you find yourself slumping you can
> > immediately cheer yourself up!
> >
> > Organise a stack of positive DVD movies etc, just in case!
> >
> > My list of happiness things:
> >
> > - going for a walk along the creek
> > - having a hot bath (although it's summer here, so not as attractive)
> > - watching comedies on TV
> > - chatting with my daughter
> > - reading stevepavlina.com articles
> > - checking my website stats ;-)
> > - having a massage
> > - reading a trashy girlie romance novel
> >
> > I'm not sure, Mark, doing EFT on the negative thoughts, is that
allowed
> > under the week long trial? You need to focus on the negative to make
> > it go away, but it goes. I know it's positive in the end, but I'm
> > looking for a ruling here!
> >
> > joy to you
> > Hazel
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In bylto@yahoogroups.com, "mcmanus_mark" <mark@> wrote:
> > >
> > > There are now 9 of us in total! Looking good for Wednesday
> > >
> > > Another way of staying positive is to avoid all negative music
for the
> > > week, even if a song with negative lyrics comes on the radio,
shut it
> > off.
> > >
> > > Also, please take a look at my new article
> > > http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com/?p=70
> > >
> > > It's about creating faith/certainty about the goals you want to
> > > achieve. This state of mind can be induced and is essential for the
> > > attainment of your desires. Talk soon
> > >
> > > Mark McManus
> > >
> > > http://www.buildyourlifetoorder.com
> > >
> >
>