Send your future self a positive message
This week we have been travelling all around Ireland again, invading colleges with our Note to Self campaign. But what is note to self all about?
Note to self
This campaign that involves the ReachOut.com team and volunteers rocking up to most of the college campuses around the country. You’ll recognise us by our stand with heaps of free postcards. You can’t really miss our giant post box.
What’s it for?
The point is for people to write a positive message to themselves on the postcard and we post it back to them at a date in the future. It’s a way of getting out there to meet you guys, bring some positivity to your day and of making it OK to talk about mental health issues on campus.
The power of positive thinking
It may not come as a surprise but our harshest critics are often ourselves. It is easy to place unrealistic expectations on ourselves and even easier to forget to pat ourselves on the back when we do well.
Self-talk
You know that little voice that can tell you you’re stupid when you make a mistake. Thats our self-talk. When we get into a pattern of negative thinking, that little voice can make us feel pretty bad about ourselves. But it’s possible to make that voice a positive one.
Chaining the soundtrack in your head
Note to Self makes us think of something positive to say to our future selves. In a similar way it’s possible to change our self-talk on a day to day basis. It can take some time and practice but it ‘s worth it!
Read self-talk to see some exercises to turn your negative self-talk around.It also explains some common thinking errors to avoid.
Hi Geraldine,
Thanks for your comment. We removed your address from your comment before we published it to protect your personal details.
Note to self is only available at ReachOut.com events and we generally don't send out Note to self postcards for people to distribute themselves.
If you would like to find out more about Note to self and how it works, you can check out this page on ReachOut.com: Note-to-self
We can send you out some ReachOut.com promotional materials like leaflets and badges instead - they might be helpful for the young people you work with?
Take care,
Fenella
Can you please send me some note to self
write yourself an inspiring message.
I am working with young people and feel notes would be very helpful to them.
Many thanks.
Geraldine.
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