How Your Mental Diet is Just as Important as Your Nutritional One
Toxic BS Filling Your Head is No Better Than Junk Food
“Empty Your Mind From Toxic Thoughts. Empty Your Life From Toxic People.” — Abhishek Prajapat
Ever since I was a Dorito and Snickers obsessed youngster, I’ve heard about the importance of eating healthy stuff. This information, and all things associated with “going on a diet,” just made me roll my eyes like an entitled Diva and grab another handful of those cheesy triangles.
Eventually, I came to understand the value and significance of consuming fruits and veggies early and often. Even still, I found it to be next to impossible to walk away from the luscious charm of junk food.
Mental Diets: Easier Than Mouth Diets
Many years later, I found it to be much easier to stick to a healthy mental diet. I am happy to say that I partake in that every day, and if you want to maximize your potential for success, happiness and…living life in a truly unlimited way, you should follow me and do exactly like I did (in my Eminem voice).
Our mental diet is what our ears and mind consumes. The “mind food” can be absolutely poisonous and as unhealthy as a delectable burger and fries from Five Guys! Here’s the dirty truth; negativity, complaining and gossiping feed our minds with utter garbage.
You’d be amazed at how toxic that shit is to take in.
Who in their right minds would ever want to consume that nonsense everyday?
Who would want to consume it even once in a while?
That is why our mental diet should include things that will mostly nourish our thinking and upgrade our beliefs.
Transformative Books and Articles Are Like Healthy Mental Snacks
As an example, my days are filled with consuming healthy mental “snacks.”
That is, reading meaningful or instructive articles and books. In fact, I make it a point to read one personal development, business or biographical book at a time. I read for an hour each day until…
