Should-ing on yourself!

Do you ever should on yourself or others?  Catchy way to become aware of a very common word, eh?!  We do it all the time.  We say ‘I should have’ or ‘they should’ or many variations of it.  STOP IT!  That is a very detrimental word!  It does not help anything, and puts immediate judgment on ourselves or others.  If we ’should have’ then we didn’t do it well enough?  Or if ‘they should’ then we are judging that they are not doing it right or good enough?  Ick!  Can you see that this can be harmful to our mental health?  Become aware of when/where/how often you do this and work on taking that word OUT of your vocabulary?!  (And BTW–once you start noticing it in your own vocabulary, you will be AMAZED at how often we all say it without thinking)!