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I have started talking to myself in the third person. I think you should too. Stay with me now, it’s for a good reason. And before anyone starts jumping to conclusions, I do not refer to myself in the third person out loud; I want to keep my friends.

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Why would I purposefully begin talking about myself in the third person? It’s oddly empowering. It gives me enough distance to choose how I would like to handle or think about a situation. Instead of worrying, I can take a step back, and like a narrator in a movie, see myself as a character I have some control over.

Be the Director of Your Life

The truth is, we are the characters in our own movies, following scripts and plot lines we’ve developed over the years. Yet unlike The Truman Show, our life is not a ruse, we are both director and lead actor. The man behind the curtain is you.

Talking to myself in the third person reminds me of that truth. It helps me to understand that I can choose how to handle each scene in my life. I can actually direct myself to the desired outcome. Using this technique assists me in actually seeing all the possible outcomes, and acting upon the one that is most desirable.

How to Take Control of Your Thoughts

So instead of thinking on automatic pilot, where your thoughts zip by so quickly you rarely hear them, you actually take the time to create your thoughts. It gives the necessary space, to actually consider what you want to happen and narrate it as such. Thus, you actually can then act in the way you would most want to act, instead of just acting out of habituated patterns.

I have to admit, it feels silly at first, but it quickly becomes pretty fun. Then quite addictive. You’ll find life becomes a bit less serious, and a little more like a movie that you actually want to see.