Sarah's GreenZone Story

After reading” The Art of Living in Your Green Zone”, I was motivated to write about my understanding of the Green Zone concept and how I would incorporate this concept into my own life.

I have designed this summary of the most important self reflections and ideas which I have found useful for me.

I thought your readers might find these helpful also, so I am sending them to you to share.

When in the Red Zone, people can become overly sensitive to the thoughts and opinions of others.

Often, when in the Red Zone the individual feels isolated, trapped and immobilized.

There can be a tendency to forget that you can control how you react to your circumstances.

Recognizing the control you have over your own emotions, one can then move in a positive direction from the Red Zone to the Yellow or Green Zones.

The Yellow Zone symbolizes caution and is the place where individuals feel sad, anxious or distressed.

When individual recognizes the state of mind or circumstances which maintains a Yellow Zone, they can through a change in thinking, behavior or even perhaps counselling move towards the peace and fulfillment of the Green Zone.

Self reflection is required to avoid habits, activities, people or ways of thinking which can then drag one down into the Yellow and Red Zones.

Once you have attained a Green Zone way of thinking, you can work through conflicts and difficult situations by learning to avoid thoughts or negative situations which you know bring you down rather than lift you up.

Pursuing activities to build self-esteem and a positive self-image can assist you to build yourself up from a Red or Yellow Zone to a Green Zone life.

Using an “Emotional Raincoat”, a metaphor for recognizing ways to shield yourself from unpleasant circumstances or others negativity, can assist in this process.

I recommend 1) Identifying those events which can begin a negative spiral by labeling them as “yellow flags” or “red flags”, 2) Developing of a Return to the Green Zone Strategies – 10 ways to move yourself back to a sense of contentment and positiveness.

These 10 things can be used anytime anywhere, i.

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, 3) Singing your favorite song 4) Taking five minutes to plan your life dream trip 5) Fantasying about something pleasant 6) Remembering the happiest moment in your life, etc.

Personally, I have found the concept of Green Zone Living very empowering.

I needed to be shown that I can move myself from one state of mind to the next.

If you have a guiding hand, please take it, it is a small risk for the enjoyment of life.