Substituting thoughts to cope with emotional burdens

There are things that from my point of view even though they are a big emotional burden, you can't get rid of them, one of those things for me is the high cost of living. Currently all over the world the prices of things have increased as I have seen in some news, but I have personally seen how in the country where I live that was already dealing with economic issues, things have gotten a little complicated.

I must admit that going shopping to get the basics, such as personal hygiene products or food has become too tiring for me, a burden that I can not get rid of because they are things I must continue doing, I must go shopping, compare prices and get what I need, because the truth is that my health and even my life depends on it, it is not something I can eradicate and just stop doing and that's it.

Talking a little bit about this I tell you that yesterday was shopping day, I got stressed to the point that I wanted to go back home because I had the budget to buy certain things, but due to the increase in prices I could only buy a few things. In the end I just took a deep breath and went on with my shopping, but honestly I did it with no spirit and living the whole process as a big burden.

But just last night talking with my husband, we concluded that it is something that we honestly can not fight and we have to face it, only in a better way, obviously there are things that can affect us emotionally and unbalance us a little, but knowing how a situation makes us feel gives us some power, because it allows us to work in our mind based on that and that is precisely what we mentalize what we would do.

Shopping must continue to be done, and the price of things for now is not going to stabilize for reasons beyond my control, so our best option is to keep a positive mind, look for supermarkets with better prices, even if this means walking a little more and also rejoice with the small things, like being able to buy what we planned or at least buy enough for the week (because we shop weekly), instead of focusing on how much everything increased, or what we missed to buy.

Both my husband and I understand that this will be a process of adaptation and although it costs me a little more than him, I honestly want to avoid those negative feelings that now come with shopping, so I am determined to psych myself up before going shopping, to be able to be happy for what I got, to be grateful for having the opportunity to get it and also to see the result of my work, are positive things that I honestly prefer to put my attention on.

I know I won't be able to avoid discomfort from time to time, but I also know that replacing something negative with something positive has worked well for me in the past, so this will be no exception. On the other hand, I don't force myself not to feel, I know I must and can't avoid doing so, but I also know that I can have control of my thoughts to prevent certain feelings from coming up and this is my plan to minimize those burdens.