Fourth term paper blog entry

     I am seeing some positive progress. However, I am a bit of an pessimism and continue to go back to the same self defeating attitude. Positive thinking is a great concept to a positive life but if you don't have cheerleaders to help you feel that this process is working or that I'm doing it right in feels lacking in the change I wanted to see by now. I really expected the change to living a rational life to be the use of common sense. It turns out I am wrong. I do intend to continue to use the new skills I have learned in A Guide to Rational Living. I find myself trying to tweak the process, I understand that if I believe something to be true I can make it so. I am just really too unsure in myself esteem and lack a large portion of positive self image. I plan to continue using Dr. Ellis and Dr. Harper's techniques to better the quality of my life.