A speaking habit, if not carefully looked at, can easily get out of control.
I try not to let complaints out of my mouth, such as “I don’t want to do this” or “I don’t feel like doing this”.
Thoughts coming to the surface are not stoppable. They just show up.
However, it’s a different matter to dwell on them and let them out of my mouth.
I can’t stop the thoughts, yet at least I can choose how I process them.
When thoughts like “I don’t want to do this”, or “I don’t feel like doing this” appear, I recognize them. Oh hey, you came again. While I fully acknowledge them, I don’t let them go out of my mouth simply by closing my lips tight.
If I let those thoughts just exist, they are somehow gone after a while.
If I’ve got to do the task that I don’t really feel like doing, speaking these thoughts out loud doesn’t help anything in any way. Besides, it drains the energy of others who happen to hear them.
If I don’t actually need to do the task, I can simply stop doing it.
Observe the thoughts, and control the speaking habit.
It’s about living today’s life better than yesterday with more conviction and self-mastery.