I was surfing on the web this morning when I ran across the words to Lindsay Lohan‘s song, I Decide.  They say exactly how you’ll be feeling when you start to take control of your self confidence and your life.

Take a moment to read through the lyrics below.  If they aren’t sounding like they are your words, then it’s time to start gathering and emptying out the garbage!

I Decide by Lindsay Lohan

Don’t think that you can tell me what to think
I’m the one who knows what’s good for me
And I’m stating my independence
Gonna take the road I’m gonna take
And I’m gonna make my own mistakes
It’s my life
I decide

I decide how I live
I decide who I love
Choice is mine
And no one gets to make my mind up
I decide
I decide where I go
What I need
Who I know
I’m the one who’s runnin’ my life
I decide
I decide

Don’t think you’re ever gonna hold me down
Couldn’t do it then can’t do it now
I’m kickin’ down all the fences
I’m gonna do it all and do too much
And if I mess the whole thing up
It’s my ride
I decide

I decide how I live
I decide who I love
Choice is mine
And no one gets to make my mind up
I decide
I decide where I go
Where I sleep
Who I know
I’m the one who’s runnin’ my life
I decide
I decide

I’m taking my own chances
And I’m finding my own answers
I’m only answering to me
And that’s the way it’s gonna be
I decide
Oh yeah
I decide
I decide

I decide how I live
I decide who I love
Choice is mine
And no one gets to make my mind up
I decide
I decide where I go
Where I sleep
Who I know
I’m the one who’s runnin’ my life
I decide
I decide

I decide how I live
I decide who I love
Choice is mine
And no one gets to make my mind up
I decide

Check back in on Monday and I’ll show you how to start replacing your negative self talk with more useful stories about who you really are and who you can be.

Do you have mean-spirited, nasty self-talk going on in your head?  You know the stuff I’m talking about . . . .

“I’m not good enough.”

“I’m a big idiot . . . pitiful loser . . . total joke.”

“I’m unlovable, unteachable, etc.”

“I don’t deserve to have money or joy or love.”

“I’m too fat . . . too slow . . . too lazy.”

Am I inside your head yet?  If so, then there’s a lot of garbage that doesn’t belong in there.  If you’ll take some time this week to gather up the garbage by making a list of all the ugly and not-so-useful things that you say to yourself, I’ll show you how to use it to start to feel better about yourself and boost your self esteem.

Check back in and I “ll showed you how to create a very special type of self talk to start to replace the garbage in your head!