Live Better For Yourself

Finding hobbies that bring you joy gives you an opportunity to enhance your life. There’s something therapeutic about taking time each day to do something you love. As humans we house stress and anxiety within us, but finding hobbies allows us to relieve those stresses in a healthy and productive way.

What’s something you do that brings you joy?

When you’re young you’re sticky (literally and metaphorically). You stick to people who intrigue you or inspire you. Although we have role models at all points in our life, we are most impressionable when we’re young children.

Are you a good role model for those around you?

When you are seeking people who will be good for you, you need to put yourself in a good environment. If you want to be around people who truly care for others, go volunteer. If you want people who enjoy exercising or hiking as much as you, go join a fitness group or hiking club. Think about the type of person you want in your life and go put yourself in a position to find them.

Education doesn’t mean you have to go to school, it simply means you need to learn and understand topics that enlighten you. If you are passionate about photography, learn everything you can about it! If you’re passionate about cars, learning about how engines operate and how to fix them will make you feel accomplished. Take time to learn about something you love and you’ll start to be confident in your ability to learn new things.

You are exactly who you are meant to be. Physical health is an ever changing variable, not a final, set goal. Your body is meant to change, that doesn’t have to be a bad thing.

The practice itself is all about learning, looking back on the day (without bias or regret) to contemplate your behavior and its consequences. It requires sitting with yourself, taking an honest moment to think about what transpired, what worked, what didn’t, what can be done, and what can’t. Reflection requires courage. It’s thoughtful and deliberate. Being at the “top of your game” only comes when you extract from your past how to engage the future

By setting goals, we get a roadmap of where we are heading to and what is the right way that would lead us there. It is a plan that holds us in perspective – the more effectively we make the plan, the better are our chances of achieving what we aim to. Rick McDaniel (2015) had quoted.

It is so easy to overestimate the importance of one defining moment and underestimate the value of making small improvements on a daily basis. -Atomic Habits

Understanding your comfortability as it pertains to social settings can help you determine your personality type and give you a better idea of how to increase your social skills in a comfortable way.

Understanding and practicing emotional intelligence helps people remain calm in challenging situations. By labeling your feelings and recognizing your emotions, you can learn to manage your feelings instead of allowing them to hijack their thoughts.

Taking time to be with yourself and understand who you truly are at your core can change your life. That self-awareness allows you to look at yourself, your environment, and your situation in a deep and meaningful way where you can make decisions that are best for you.

The complex interworkings of our minds makes mental health a very individual journey, but learning helpful tools to guide you through the hard times and maintain the good times can change your life.