Some serious distractions come from deeply ingrained, learned thought-patterns. See if you recognize any of these.
Comparison.
“Comparison will either make you feel superior or inferior.
Neither honors God.”
Not Sure
Perfectionism.
Research shows that perfectionism hampers success.
In fact, it’s often the path to depression, anxiety, addiction, and life paralysis.
Brené Brown
Overthinking.
“Overthinking ruins you. It ruins the situation.
And it twists things around. It makes you worry.
Plus it just makes everything worst than it actually is.”
Karen Salmansohn
Self-Criticism.
“When you get right down to it,
self-criticism is yet another form of stress…
Literally, our stress hormone levels increase.”
Emily Nagoski
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Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture
that you fit into it without even thinking.
Instead, fix your attention on God.
You’ll be changed from the inside out.
Readily recognize what he wants from you,
and quickly respond to it.
Unlike the culture around you,
always dragging you down to its level of immaturity,
God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.
Romans 12:2 The Message