There are a number of affirmations associated with Lucky Girl Syndrome that I want to pause and talk about for just a second. When we routinely use affirmations concerning things beyond our control, it can often lead to a negative or toxic mindset. These affirmations are all about how you see yourself. And at the end of the day, that is the only factor you really have control over. Having an external locus of control has been repeatedly associated with things like less motivation, more problematic behaviors, even in some studies criminal behavior. People who believe that external forces like luck and fate or the universe determine their outcomes, they have an external locu of control. By their things beyond their power,