Your Happy Life

Hi guys!!!

Well I thought I would give you a few tips (well 10 to be exactly). These days are lives are becoming more and more stressful for one reason or another and that can change from person to person and from time to time.

• Exercise

Well exercise wont make your stress disappear, but it will help in reducing the emotional intensity and clear your thoughts and help you deal with your thoughts more calmly.

• Be Positive

I know I talk about this a lot on my blog, but that is for a good reason it can help with a number of things and stress is one of them. Look at the things we are grateful for and the positive things in life, try concentrating on them more. Look at life in a more glass half full way then a glass half empty way.

• Accept There Are Some Things You Can't Change

Some situations you just can't change never mind how much you want to. You are much better off spending your energy on the this that you can change and making a difference there. It will be a lot more productive in the end. Nobody likes to waste there time with something that won't change no matter what

• Have Some 'Me Time'

In the UK we work the longest hours in Europe, this means that we often do not spend enough time doing the things that we enjoy doing. Lets face it we all need time to socialize, relax or exercise. It could be just a couple of nights a week you set aside for 'me time'.

•  Listen To Soothing Music

Listening to certain kind of music can have a relaxing effect on your body. I would suggest maybe classical music or even nature sounds as these can be very relaxing to and just let your mind drift away. Nature sounds are used in relaxation and meditation music.

• Laugh

It can be as simple as that to simply laugh can reduce your stress a little. It helps stimulate and release your natural stress response and relieves tension by relaxing your muscles plus in the long term laughter can  improve your immune system and mood. So laugh as much as you want enjoy being with people or laughing at anything you find remotely funny. It will have some really good benefits for you.

• Light a Candle

I know this seems a bit of an odd one but get the right type of candle and it can work wonders. If you use a soothing candle one with a scent that is know to calm or relax you then you will find the benefits from it. Some such scents are lavender, sandalwood, rose and ylang ylang. Light one of those and let your stress float away or at least some of it. I love the lavender scented ones the best.

So there are 7 (hopefully helpful) tips on how to lessen your stress levels and I know you guys will have lots more ideas to share on how you all deal with stress so please feel free to share them I am sure someone will also find them useful.

 

I thought I would bring you a few ideas of what to do now the weather is getting warmer as it is now Spring. I do personally like Spring as it is when all the flowers start coming in to bloom or get planted and you see a lot of blossom on the trees and all the baby animals in fields it just wonderful.

So here are just some ideas I came up with , when I was daydreaming about this time of year and what to do and so forth.

• Have a picnic - I personally love doing this and will do it when ever I can

•  Go for a hike - It is a good way to see the changes Spring brings with it and a way to get exercise.

• Go for a bike ride -good for the exercise and view

• Go strawberry picking - This is fun and also you can eat what you pick yummy

• .Go camping -have a mini break and go camping for a weekend or long weekend it's up to you

So there are some of my ideas for what to do in Spring I would absolutely love to know what you like doing in Spring or what your ideas are.




 

 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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Hey there, Wonderful people of the world!


From time to time everyone feels down about something in there life. It is only normal and besides if you were always happy and everything good happened to you, then you would not appreciate the good things so much that happen and you would lose that feeling of happy and joy.

So here are a few things that I do to get myself feeling happy and back to feeling like me again.

• Listen to music - I would suggest something upbeat and fun as you are trying to make yourself feel better not worse! So put your favourite upbeat songs on and dance and sing like no one is watching.

• Get out and about -Go for a walk somewhere get some fresh air, go somewhere maybe invite some friends to go with you. This always makes me feel better. It's the simple things in life.

• Plan to do Something- It doesn't really matter what it is, as long as you have something to look forward to in the future, it could be the end of the week or a couple of days time or end of the month or even something later the same day. Just go and do something this can also be a good time to catch up with your friends or family.

• Make time for things that make you feel good - Again doesn't matter what it is just do something that makes you feel good, never mind how silly it is as long as it makes you feel good and doesn't hurt anyone else.

• Most importantly THINK POSITIVLY!!!- This is one of the most important ones, so take it seriously! If you think positively then you feel better and happy and more relaxed and possibly more confident in yourself. Lets face it negative thoughts only bring you down and can be hard to get away from once you start heading down that path.

Let me know how you get yourself out of a funk and into a happy more positive mood. I would love to hear them. Remember say no to negative thoughts

I had a thought come to me and I thought it be a good conversation that would get people talking, but also show the difference in peoples options.

I was thinking how people give others so much negative attitudes or negative words because the way they look or their option of what is beautiful is different to someone else's does it really matter what someone else looks like as long as they are beautiful on the inside?

People all look different even identical twins there is some small way that you are able to tell them apart such as a birthmark or lighter hair in one place different to the other identical twin. Plus everyone has a different story on maybe why they are not deemed beautiful on the outside to some people for example, they have more important things to worry about such as health issues or they have children that they have to bring up and can't spend hours getting ready or the money to go and have there nails or hair done all the time or they were simply born that way.

Surely it is better to be beautiful on the inside then the outside? I would rather be beautiful on the inside then the outside. I don't know about anyone else to be feel free to share your option.



I feel better if I am nice to people and help them if I can because surely that is what everyone should be doing. There are far to many people out there that think of themselves first maybe that is the way they have had to be to survive or it is they way they have got to where they are in their career, there are probably many reason why people are where they are. Often karma will come and bit the people who are ugly on the inside on the bum hard!

Some people look at themselves and think they are ugly on the outside and maybe the inside because someone on else has made them feel that way. If it is someone who has a close relationship with you them they should love you for you and make you feel good about yourself and if they don't them they need kicking to the curb (easier said then done sometimes).

I hope this post was not to long and if you would like to discuss it further then feel free to use the comment section or if you would like me to go a bit further into this topic then let me know

The other day I went for a little trip to Bath, mainly to have a walk about and a little explore of the beautiful city and to take some photos whilst I was there. I love going to this city It is so beautiful and full of history with plenty of this to see and many shops to look in and I often buy things when I am there.

Here are some of the pictures I took whist I was looking around Bath I hope you enjoy them.





 

It is perfectly normal  to have an day or two where you feel rubbish and just want to hibernate and grab a blanket and lie out on the sofa and do nothing but watch box sets or movies. As sometimes you just need to give yourself a minute to get back on track.

Everyone has those days where they just feel off not there normal self or bad about them self and don't feel like doing anything. This is perfectly normal as long as it don't last to long then there is nothing wrong with feeling like this.

Some good ideas to do when you feel like this or I find help are:

• Invite friends round to watch movies or box sets with, that way you have people to talk to and laugh with to get you out of this funk.

• Have slumber/sleepover with friends and put some music on and dance around like no one is looking sometimes being crazy and letting loose is all it takes to get back to normal.

• Have a pamper day nothing better then treating your self to a good pamper to get you back to your fabulous self again.

So grab the blanket and your chosen box set or movie of your choice and do what you have to do to make yourself feel better. Take the time to get your mojo back


Let me know what you do to make yourself feel better and get your mojo back maybe grabbing a tub of your favourite ice cream does that for you