I am experimenting with some NLP stuff, and one of the things they say is to frame everything in the positive. So instead of telling yourself that you won't be poor like your dad, you say you will be wealthy. 

The concept is that your unconscious brain doesn't hear the negative, so "poor" becomes your goal. 

I figure, hey, its worth experimenting with and see what happens.

Right now I'm doing morning pages (from the artists way), she says that you need to write about 3 pages every morning. Just write in longhand whatever comes to your mind stream of consciousness style.

However by trial and error I found that my journalling usually is a stream of negative thoughts and instead of feeling lifted I ruminate on them. 

At first I would write 2.5 pages and then pick three things to reframe (using techniques from DBT). And noticed that it gave me new insight and felt better, but it was a lot of work, and by about 2.5 pages I was drained and not looking forward to putting the energy into reframing thoughts and even resistance.

This time my twist is one page stream of consciousness (which is usually negative). And one page inner coach. The second page is more fun, because my inner coach is 100% there for me believes I can do anything, the main challenge is that I have to frame it in the positive. So say instead of saying "today you will do something fun and not feel guilty" I say "today you will do something fun and feel fulfilled".

This is only my second day (I skipped thanksgiving) and I'm curious to find out how it goes. I've found writing three Gratitudes a day helped lift depression a little so I could function better. I can always go back to that if I need to. I just like doing something new and experimental.

I guess I found the answer to my question...