By answering these questions for myself in my writing journal, or journal diary as it is sometimes called, I force myself to take a hard look at myself.

通过在写作日记或有时称之为日记中，对自己回答这些问题，我就使得自己能自己查看自己。

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So every time when I'm worried, upset, or a negative emotion, I force myself to focus on other things, until the feeling of the past is over.

所以每次当我担心，烦恼，或带有负面情绪时，我就强迫自己专注于其他的事情，直到那种感觉过去。

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On days of intense sadness or struggles I have to force myself to find something positive, even if its as simple as the way the sunlight looks in the window.

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Add the mystical mental discipline of a samurai warrior, if I can also force myself to perform more than one or two tai chi swings.

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The driving force behind Thrift Store Confidential is convincing others, and myself, that there is no shame in downsizing, either by force, choice or circumstance, and that there is a joyful and meaningful life to be had in the margins of what was previously held as the American Dream.

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