On Daily Affirmations

For the past few years, I’ve been using the same daily affirmation, and its power lies in programming my self-talk. Self-talk shapes your reality, and the best part is—you have control over it. You might as well use it to your advantage.

The end of the year is a perfect time to reflect and come up with a new daily affirmation.

What’s your goal for the upcoming year?

Do you want to be more creative?

Attract someone into your life?

Achieve something specific?

Create an affirmation around that goal and repeat it to yourself every morning. I do this as part of my Five-Minute Journal—it’s the first thing I see and say to start my day.

For the new year, my affirmation will be about continually pushing my relationship with fear. Inspired by Dune, my current affirmation is the Litany Against Fear:

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.