Positive Thinking - can it help you make extra money or at least save money

I think feeling down happens to most of us at some time or another. I may seema happy-go-lucky person on here and most of the time I am but i've been through some rough patches too (losing my job while I was in hospital with a mortgage to pay was not exactly liking winning the lottery!). Whenever things get overwhelming I write down positive and negative things too. I make a list of all the negatives and one by one as I get through them I cancel them off the list (bills paid etc.) but while crossing out the negatives I seem to find positives to add to the list. I think we should never set ourselves too higher a goal either. Better to have an easy to reach goal and get there and feel good about it and then make another one rather than have something impossible to achieve which just would make you feel even worse. Better times will come! Happy MyLotting!