(The first section of this is also posted as a comment on your blog.)
What a great 30-day challenge!
A couple thoughts:
When I look at the use of positive words vs negative words, I see this:
Positive: intelligent, competent, creative, enthusiastic, energetic, talented, confident, free, look forward, learn, successful (2x), income, options, proactive, action, direction, goals, dreams.
Negative: bonds, procrastination, self-doubt, fears, failure (2x), fail (2x), overwhelmed.
You have a lot of fabulous, inspiring, positive words, and way more positive words than negative ones. However, you write fail/failure four times—that’s a lot of "failure!" You could change the failure sentence to something like, "I handle all my experiences with wisdom, joy, love, and ease. I accept and embrace all levels of success, learning from my experiences." Choose the wording that works for you, and aim for empowering.
I would address the negatives in the third sentence. Procrastination could become, "I take action now." Self-doubt and fears could translate to, "I trust my talents and abilities. I release the past and move beyond old limitations." (I'd add, "embracing all levels of success," if I hadn't already suggested it above.)
Also, when you state, "I am not overwhelmed," your subconscious mind hears "overwhelmed." You could just delete the sentence. If you want to keep that idea, though, how about, “I enjoy ……” (and choose the wording that makes sense to you).
In one of Steve’s podcasts, he suggests the following intention, which I often use along with affirmations: "I intend to be shown the edges of my limiting beliefs, as well as what lies beyond them." Simple, broad, clear, and powerful.
When I use affirmations, I often do them along with writing the Morning Pages, a daily exercise suggested in Julia Cameron’s book The Artist’s Way. In short, her instructions are to handwrite three pages of whatever’s on your mind, stream-of-consciousness style, dismissing judgment and criticism as you go. Rather than considering it as writing, view it as brain-drain.
My experience is that the process often brings up and addresses fears, self-doubt, limitations, etc. It also reveals and strengthens hopes, dreams, goals, desires, motivations, and so on. Often by the third page, I have uncovered and examined the belief, thought process, emotion, or whatever that’s getting in my way, and I use the last page to release or change it. That’s where the affirmations come in. When I combine affirmations with the awareness I gain from doing the Morning Pages, they’re much more potent.
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