When you start making the good things you do into habits, suddenly everything you want to change seems easy.
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Want to lose weight, grow your small business, or any other goals you have set for yourself?
Start with tiny changes. At first they won’t be noticeable or hard to stick to, the results over a long time, such as a year, will be dramatic.
Start Your Day with Uplifting Music
Even if you think you like listening to negative music to get your anger out, the truth is that it does affect your mind and inform your thoughts.
There is a time and place for everything, so first thing in the morning, feed your mind with positive music.
It can help to pick one pick me up song that works no matter what to listen to.
Reframe Roadblocks as Challenges
How you think of things and word things makes a difference in how you react.
If you can use positive language to reframe the things that get in your way or threaten to get in your way, you’ll naturally teach yourself how to overcome them.
Use Positive Words to Frame Your Life
When you are talking about your life, even if something is less than perfect, use positive language to talk about it or think about it.
When you do that, it will make you feel more satisfied and happier with your life.
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Ignore Other People’s Drama
Whether it’s work-related, HOA-related, or family-related if the drama isn’t something you have any control over, you want to ignore it.
You only have control over one person, yourself, not anyone else. Here are some daily mindset tips to help you define and own your own happiness.
The more you realize and accept that, the less bothered you’ll be about the drama going on in the world.
Fill Your Mind with Hopeful Thoughts
It’s natural to sometimes go toward the negative, but you can change that by purposefully filling your mind with hopeful thoughts about the world and your own personal life.
Keep a Gratitude Journal
Each evening, write down three things you are grateful for that happened today.
This is going to help you focus on the positive even as you sleep tonight.
Tell One Person or Organization Thank You Each Day
It’s one thing to write about your thankfulness in your private journal, but how about letting someone in your life know that they are important to you.
People like getting told that they did something good. They’ll remember you.
Surround Yourself with Other Positive People
While shunning others doesn’t come off as all that positive, the more you surround yourself with those who are also positive, the more you’ll feel positive. It’s really just another version of the whole “birds of a feather” idea, and while it’s a stereotype, it’s mostly true.
Focus On Mindfulness
One thing that breeds discontent more than almost anything is expectations and living in another time, whether the past or the future.
The more you can focus on what you are experiencing right now, the more satisfaction in life you’re going to feel.
Nothing here takes more than a few moments of your time each day, but if you tie the behavior to something you do each day, you can turn positive thinking into a habit grounded in reality and fuel your life in a positive direction.
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