There are many little changes we can make in our lives that can give our mood a boost, boosting your mood brightens up your day, brings a smile and makes life that little bit easier to deal with. Just by making the smallest changes and taking as little as 5 minutes from your day you could be surprised with the difference it can make. It doesn’t have to be anything outlandish, just something you wouldn’t normally consider doing. Here are some tips to help give you that quick mood boost and can be done whenever you are feeling out of sorts with the world or feeling a little down.
If you have 5 minutes to spare you can:
Take out your daily goal planner and write something down that you already completed today and cross it straight off the list
.Take the weight off your feet and eat one of your 5 daily portions of fruit or veg
.Look at yourself in the mirror and pull as many different funny faces as you can in 5 minutes
.Read the comics in the daily paper
.Take a quick shower or at least splash your face with water
.Use some of that expensive perfume or deodorant you had bought and enjoy the fragrance
If you have 15 minutes to spare you can:
.De-clutter your desk or an area of your home
.Treat yourself to a moisturizing mask
.Change into a favorite piece of clothing and admire yourself
.Do a few quick and easy exercises or stretches
.Read a few pages of a book or magazine you enjoy
.Make yourself a big fresh fruit smoothie, sit down and enjoy it
.Make a list of all the people you haven’t been in touch with in a while and schedule a time to call each of them
.Write down what you have enjoyed doing so far during the day in your journal
.Find a comfortable spot, close your eyes and enjoy the silence, sound of rain or chirping birds
If you have 30 minutes spare you can:
.Call someone you haven’t talked with in a while and catch up on all the gossip you missed
.Use your computer to look for ideas for your summer vacation
.Take a soak in a tub full of your favorite bubbles or skin softener
.Listen to your favorite CD
.Go to your local store and treat yourself
.Go for a walk and say hello to everyone you meet
.Turn off the TV, phone and anything else that could disturb you and sit down and enjoy peace and quiet for a half-hour
.Plan a quiet romantic meal
.Write a letter to someone special and mail it
.Discover a new recipe on the internet and plan to cook it for dinner
.Replace any old photographs you have in frames with more updated pictures
We all need a break away from the daily grind just so that we
can re-charge our minds
Monday, September 21, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Developing your full potential
While many of us are happy in life and do accomplish to some extent what we set out to do, there are not many that actually push themselves that little bit further and go on to develop their full potential. While we might be particularly good at doing certain things in life we could excel if only we had the courage and belief in ourselves to go for it.
As children we are full of excellent ideas, they never stop flowing because we have an open mind and belief in ourselves that we can accomplish just about anything. However, as we grow up fear of if we are doing the right thing and of speaking out and being ridiculed takes over and we stem the flow of our imagination and ideas. We hold back our thoughts and this can stop us from developing our full potential.
There are many ways you can start developing your potential, it's never too late. You should remember that there is no right and wrong way of thinking and many times the reason why others try to make you feel inferior when you voice opinions and ideas is because they wish they had had the idea and courage to speak up. So focus on your skills and abilities and let your thoughts run free, put them to use and truly excel in life. In order to be successful you should realize that you will sometimes make mistakes, no one is perfect and mistakes are ok providing you acknowledge them and learn from them. Characteristics that you can nurture and that will lead to developing your true and full potential include:
Working hard - putting your all into everything you do when working towards what you want in life Having patience-things do not happen overnight so have patience and you will be rewarded. Determination-stick to your guns and never give in when things do not go your way or you come across hurdles. Commitment- be committed towards your goals and what you what to achieve, set goals in mind and don't let anything or anyone stand in your way of reaching them. Organizational skills-the more organized you are the easier the road to success will be, plan out your ideas to their fullest before putting them into action. Learn from mistakes-you will make mistakes along the way but you can learn valuable lessons from these and move on. Confidence in yourself-you have to be self-confident and believe in yourself and your ideas, there is no room for doubt. Stay realistic-set yourself goals that you cannot realistically achieve in a set amount of time, by setting yourself unrealistic goals you are setting yourself up for failure again and again.
When developing your full potential the two most important things to remember are, what you want out of life and what you can realistically do to make that possible. Once you have these facts clear then you can go full steam ahead towards achieving what you want.
As children we are full of excellent ideas, they never stop flowing because we have an open mind and belief in ourselves that we can accomplish just about anything. However, as we grow up fear of if we are doing the right thing and of speaking out and being ridiculed takes over and we stem the flow of our imagination and ideas. We hold back our thoughts and this can stop us from developing our full potential.
There are many ways you can start developing your potential, it's never too late. You should remember that there is no right and wrong way of thinking and many times the reason why others try to make you feel inferior when you voice opinions and ideas is because they wish they had had the idea and courage to speak up. So focus on your skills and abilities and let your thoughts run free, put them to use and truly excel in life. In order to be successful you should realize that you will sometimes make mistakes, no one is perfect and mistakes are ok providing you acknowledge them and learn from them. Characteristics that you can nurture and that will lead to developing your true and full potential include:
Working hard - putting your all into everything you do when working towards what you want in life Having patience-things do not happen overnight so have patience and you will be rewarded. Determination-stick to your guns and never give in when things do not go your way or you come across hurdles. Commitment- be committed towards your goals and what you what to achieve, set goals in mind and don't let anything or anyone stand in your way of reaching them. Organizational skills-the more organized you are the easier the road to success will be, plan out your ideas to their fullest before putting them into action. Learn from mistakes-you will make mistakes along the way but you can learn valuable lessons from these and move on. Confidence in yourself-you have to be self-confident and believe in yourself and your ideas, there is no room for doubt. Stay realistic-set yourself goals that you cannot realistically achieve in a set amount of time, by setting yourself unrealistic goals you are setting yourself up for failure again and again.
When developing your full potential the two most important things to remember are, what you want out of life and what you can realistically do to make that possible. Once you have these facts clear then you can go full steam ahead towards achieving what you want.
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