Sometimes life gets overwhelming because your grades arent good enough, you fight with your roommates, you agree to do too many things or you just have a plain old bad attitude or get stressed out because we are human. So if you are ever feeling down in the dumps or stressed try this (it really works): Just make a list either verbally or write it down of all the things you are thankful for. You will probably think of all the negative things as well but dont say them just redirect your thoughts to something you are truly thankful for. I have a good life and so many things to be thankful for! I am so happy today and its great! I LOVE THE SNOW! I know most people dont but I LOVE it. It is so refreshing and beautiful. I found a journal for $2 at walmart and I'm going to listen to President Eyring advice to write down things I'm thankful for:
- my fiance and love of my life- Matthew
- the snow
- kady being a good roommate
- the scriptures
- emotions
- the internet
- electricity
- my bedroom is clean
- my family
- sleeping
Here are 9 ways to be more Positive
1. Appreciate as much as you can. This is one of those very simple things you can do to bring more positivity in to your life. I have also found appreciation to be a great way to turn an angry, sad and frustrated mood around to a more positive one.
2. Stop comparing yourself to others. If you don´t then you´ll just create a lot of unnecessary pain in your life. If you pass one person then you´ll just find another person more successful than you. And your brief sense of being a winner will transform once again into anxiety, fear, tummy-aches and possibly heart-attacks.
3. Realize that it is possible to choose how you react. You don´t have live your life in reaction. You have a choice. There is always a gap between stimuli and reaction. If you focus on that gap it will widen and although it might seem in the beginning like stimuli and your reaction are tied together that is not the case.
4. Educate yourself. Self-education can be a great help to live a more positive life. Read great books on the areas of your life you want to improve. Maybe it’s it your financial situation. Or your health. Or your relationships. Ask people with more success in that area than you what they did to improve.
5. Act as if. Your emotions work backwards too. So even if you don´t feel positive, confident, calm or decisive you can act like it. And after you have done that for a few minutes, guess what happens? You will actually start to feel positive, confident, calm or decisive.
6. Live in the now. Don´t let your thoughts drift into the past or future more than necessary. It’s often a sure-fire way to start negative loops of thoughts in your mind.
7. Do some mental rehearsal. This is great way to improve your performance and decrease anxiety in any upcoming situation. Maybe you´re heading into a meeting soon. Then visualize now how great the events will unfold – see and hear it – and also how great will you feel at this meeting.
8. Redefine failure. Michael Jordan once said: “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
9. Focus on what you want, not on what you don´t want. One common problem is to focus your thoughts on what you don´t want rather than what you want. If you do that then it will be hard to get what you want in life. If you want to improve your finances then focus on having a great financial situation rather than your lack of money and your debts.
Matt and i went on a fun date to Hollywood Connections and played mini golf while I was home for Thanksgiving break. He always knows how to make me laugh!
Mikell is hilarious and smart. She is a good big sister!
