I have a confession. Affirmations make me feel...uncomfortable. I'm extremely skeptical of the bold claims affirmations make. An example would be this one: I mean, really? Saying this out loud and often is not going to increase anyone's wealth. It's not possible. But there are people who claim it does.  Now, I understand that there are tons of affirmations not related to money or success but I'm still skeptical. I feel twitchy about it all.  So why affirmations? Why do a 365 on something I am so skeptical about? It's a topic that keeps popping up on my radar the past couple of years so I thought it might make for an interesting experiment. Provide an affirmation a day, some additional insights about its theme, and see if it makes a difference for me or anyone else.  One of the purposes of affirmations, from the reading up I've been doing, is to transform negative thinking into positive thinking. I can get behind that, it's basically a ...

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