Your Happy Life

 I thought that we could all do with some help staying positive through out the day or the rest of the week or when ever.

So here are some tip, tricks and ideas that will help keep you on track or give you a little positivity in your life.

• Have a Mental List of Awesomeness.

 Having a high self- esteem will help you to keep anxiety at bay , improve your relationships and friendships, and will encourage optimism. If you don't appreciate yourself enough or are feeling down, why not try making a mental list of all the awesome and amazing things you have done lately and you do not even have to be modest with!

 When you go over the awesome actions and choices you have made, Then you will better about yourself and soon you will feel as awesome as yo are! It's hard not to!

• Reach out and Help Someone

We live in a society that encourages us to think of others before other and encourages egotism and become obsessed with ourselves, but if you really want to be happy then try helping others out.

It doesn't have to be anything big it can be something small and simple such as, helping someone carry some bags, calling your mum on the phone can make her whole week. Reaching something for someone who can't reach it .

Just doing something simple for someone else can make a big difference for them and can make you feel pretty awesome yourself and with an attitude like that it is hard to feel anything but positive.

• Don't Make a Mountain out of a Molehill

It is really easy to make a mountain out of a molehill, which basically means making something small into something much bigger when it is not.

It is all to easy to look at something and think of a million reason why you shouldn't do something or why you can not do something. Why not switch that thinking around and think of a million reasons why you can do something and why you should do it?

To put some perspective on the situation then you can talk to someone else and they can tell you what they think and try to help you think of the positive things for what ever your situation is, you can do this with as many people as you want it all helps.

• Start Your Day the Way you Mean to Continue

Start your day thinking something positive. This will help you to keep up the positive attitude and the positive thinking.

Take your mornings slowly don't try and rush things because this will get your mind thinking about all the stress and perceived loss of power will take over and before you know it the negative thoughts will pile up and take over. So have a nice uplifting chat with a friend or family member or read or listen to music or a podcast which ever of your choosing over breakfast or the journey in to school /work or wherever you go.

• Find the Optimistic Viewpoint in a Negative Situation  

This is one of the most simplest ways to build up a more positive outlook on life in general. Sometimes when in a negative situation, it is good to ask yourself a question or 2 or so like:

• What is one thing that could be a positive or good thing about this situation?
• What opportunity could I get out of this situation?

This is so much better then looking at situations in a negative way. Which only makes things worse and makes things spiral downwards even faster then before . (I sometimes still catch myself doing this!).

I wouldn't do this straight away, I would allow myself some time to process my thoughts and feelings that I feel because of the situation that I am in. Trying to force yourself to think optimistically when still feeling emotional turmoil or a bit shocked, usually doesn't work well.

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