Thanks you guys, your responses are welcome and I appreciate the advice.
funfuture, it's actually a little funny that you mention hygeine as something to model NoS after, something to just do and not analyze... because I do the exact same thing there! It's embarrassing, but I do have problems staying on top of brushing my teeth, etc., and think about it too much.
![Embarassed :oops:](./images/smilies/icon_redface.gif)
But I know the way it's supposed to work, I've managed it before, and I do think it's a good way of viewing new habits that aren't fully established yet.
So this is something I'm trying to work on also. It can't be too difficult if most people do it every day. I've devised a routine of exercising, then showering and doing basic hygiene for in the mornings (once a day is better than not at all... maybe I'll work in something for at night after the morning routine becomes habit), and it's going fairly well so far...
Today is day 11, for NoS, exercise, and hygeine!
Another trick that might help - each time you catch yourself thinking negatively, just thank your thoughts for sharing and deliberately think about other things
This is quite interesting to me. I have done cognitive behavioral therapy in the past and I really disliked the way thoughts were "good" or "bad," and I was supposed to dispute the bad ones. Sometimes they just feel way too true to dispute and it made things worse. I really like the casualness of just saying, "thanks for sharing, but now I've got to do something else."