- Hopeful - Feeling what is wanted can be had or events will turn out for the best
- Grateful - Warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful
- Content - Satisfied with what one is or has; not wanting more or anything else
- Present - Being, existing, or occurring at this time or now; current
- Positive - Emphasizing what is laudable, hopeful, or to the good; constructive
- Kind - Of a good or benevolent nature or disposition, as a person
Category: 🌱 Life
Tips & habits to make your life better
Wellbeing Scholar • Educator • Motivator
Wellness Student • Learner • Academic
Cultivate A Positive Environment
Cultivate a positive environment by reading and listening to more positive information and entertainment sources, and choosing to spend time around positive people.
- Who you choose to spend your time with and the input you get from further away like the TV, the internet and magazines will have a huge effect on your outlook.
- To be able to stay positive it is essential to have influences in your life that support you and lift you up instead of dragging you down.
- So carefully consider what you let into your mind.
Be Content With What You Have
Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. - Lao Tzu
Do A Small Kindness
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Pursue Meaning Not Consuming
But we've discovered that owning things, and consuming things does not satisfy our longing for meaning. We've learned that piling up material goods cannot fill the emptiness of lives which have no confidence or purpose. - Jimmy Carter
Write Honest Things That Matter
These assignments don't matter, this course doesn't matter, college doesn't matter. These amazing, honest things that you wrote, they matter. - The Whale Movie
Exercise Every Day
Exercise every day because it improves your body, your mind, and makes you happier and more productive on the day in which you exercise.
- A recent study from Penn State university shed some light on the matter and the results are more than surprising.
- They found that to be more productive and happier on a given work day, it doesn’t matter so much, if you work-out regularly, if you haven’t worked out on that particular day.
- Think about starting small and then start even smaller: Here is a little secret.
- When I first started exercising, I did it with 5 minutes per day, 3 times a week.
- Can you imagine that? 5 minutes of timed exercise, 3 times a week?
- That’s nothing you might be thinking.
- And you are right, because the task is so easy and anyone can succeed with it, you can really start to make a habit out of it.
- Try no more than 5 or 10 minutes if you are getting started.
What happens to our brains when we exercise and how it makes us happier - Buffer
Be Hopeful Not Fearful
Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due. - William Ralph Inge
Do Something Despite Fear
Courage isn't the absence of fear, but an urgent impulse to do something despite fear. - Grant Cardone
Realize That Enough Is Enough
He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough. - Lao Tzu
Daily Habits List
- Exercise - Walk or exercise for 30 minutes
- Relax - Magnesium and chamomile tea at night
- Outdoors - Touch grass and get fresh air often
- Meditate - Meditate or breathe for 10 minutes
- Don't Smoke - Find a way to relax without smoking
- Green Tea - 5-HTP and drink green tea in afternoon
Use Text Files For Tasks
Consider using simple text files to help you get things done and keep track of your tasks, todo lists, projects, and goals, instead of using a complicated tasks app.
- While I love the apps mentioned above, I personally look for super simple.
- So I’ve settled on a setup taken from Gina and Adam’s articles on Lifehacker (read the tutorials: Geek to Live and Hack Attack).
- Text files: Basically, I organize my tasks in a series of text files.
- That’s because they’re super simple, easy to manipulate, and small.
Amazing Mac apps for getting things done (plus a custom-rigged setup) - Zen Habits
Create Ideas With Solitude
Spend some time in solitude to think about and create ideas, make plans or goals, and come up with solutions to solve your problems.
- Like many inventors and creative types, Nikola Tesla was an advocate for solitude when creating and working.
- Most famously, he's quoted as saying "The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude.
- No big laboratory is needed in which to think.
- Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences beating upon us to cripple the creative mind.
- Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born."
Be Who You Are
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. - Bernard M. Baruch
Dream Big Dreams
Dream big dreams, believe all things are possible. - Wall Art At Walmart
Share Wisdom Over Knowledge
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. - Miles Kington
App Folders List
- Work - Productivity, Create, Documents, Mail, Calendar, Notes, Develop, Images
- Read - Reference, Dictionary, Education, Learning, Books, News, Magazines, Blogs
- Live - Communication, Phone, Chat, Social, Groups, Forums, Camera, Microphone
- Play - Entertainment, Music, Movies, Shows, Television, Videos, Radio, Podcasts
- Fact - Information, Database, Maps, Weather, Shopping, Money, Downloads, FTP
- Tool - Utilities, System, Terminal, Automation, Clocks, Home, Calculators, Converts
Autosuggestion Principle
Influence your mind positively and change your life for the better by using the principle of autosuggestion.
- Through the dominating thoughts which one permits to remain in the conscious mind, whether these thoughts be negative or positive is immaterial, the principle of autosuggestion voluntarily reaches the subconscious mind and influences it with these thoughts.
- Recall what has been said about the subconscious mind resembling a fertile garden spot, in which weeds will grow in abundance, if the seeds of more desirable crops are not sown therein.
- Autosuggestion is the agency of control through which an individual may voluntarily feed his subconscious mind on thoughts of a creative nature, or, by neglect, permit thoughts of a destructive nature to find their way into this rich garden of the mind.
Praise Before Negative Feedback
Give people sincere praise about something they have done well or that you appreciate about them before giving them negative feedback or an idea for something they could change or do differently.
- "Sandwich every bit of criticism between two heavy layers of praise."
- One well known strategy for feedback is the “criticism sandwich,” popularized by the above quote from cosmetics maven Mary Kay Ash.
- In the sandwich, you begin with praise, address the problem, and follow up with more praise.
- In fact, the more of the conversation you can frame positively, the more likely your recipient is to be in the right frame of mind to make the change you’re looking for.
How to Give and Receive Feedback at Work: The Psychology of Criticism - Buffer
Be Yourself In The World
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. - Ralph Waldo Emerson