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Tips for Selecting New Daily Routines You Will Stick to
Do you find yourself caught in a cycle of starting a new routine with a bunch of new habits, then failing pretty soon after you begin? You are not a failure, and hope is not lost! All you need is a little tweaking to your routines in order to help them stick. Analyze the Habits and Why You Are Including Them If you don’t know why you are including a certain habit, you are not going to stick to it. Habit building should always start with the WHY. Begin by writing down the habits you are thinking about introducing into your routine, then next to each one, write about your…
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6 Ways to Have a Healthy New Year
The new year is the perfect opportunity to develop healthy habits and add things to your routine for your physical and emotional health. Here are some easy ways to have the healthiest new year ever. 1. Take a Different Approach to New Years’ Resolutions Before you do anything else, make sure you are approaching your new years’ resolutions in a healthy and realistic way. Instead of making the mistake of having these grand resolutions you feel like you couldn’t accomplish, set smaller and more attainable goals related to your health. 2. Consider What Went Wrong the Last Few Years You have probably set other healthy new years’ resolutions or lifestyle…
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Is Fear Keeping You from the Life of Your Dreams?
Sasha was raised in a religious cult. As an adult, she dealt with constant anxiety that stemmed from a fear of doing the wrong thing. She was afraid that if she made one mistake or one bad choice, then something terrible would happen to her or those she loved. Like many people, Sasha had a story about fear. We all have these stories around our fears. They are the stories that keep us miserable and mired in situations we hate. For example, Donna’s story was that if she left her cheating husband, she’d be lonely for the rest of her life. But when she challenged the fear, she actually found…
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Change Your Behavior to Change Your Habits
Now that the new year is here, it is time to think about introducing some healthy habits into your routine. The best way to do that is to look at your current behaviors and figure out what needs to be adjusted since changing your habits is all about changing your behaviors. Behavior Change is a Process The first thing you need to know about behavior change is that it is a process, and one that times time. It requires practice, persistence, and an understanding that it isn’t going to change overnight. The reason people struggle with changing their habits is because they don’t bother looking at their behaviors. The cues…
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How Often to do Stream of Consciousness Journaling
With stream of consciousness, there are no rules except to get words on paper. You can bounce around to different topics, write a certain number of pages or set a timer, or just write what you want until your hand gets tired. But how often to do it? Here are some things to consider. When You Don’t Know What to Write About You can do stream of consciousness writing at any time, but a good time to take advantage of it is when you aren’t sure what you want to journal about. It helps get your thoughts going and puts words on the page. What often happens is that you…
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8 Amazing Benefits of Gratitude
Beth was a negative nelly who struggled to find anything good about her life. As a result, she was chronically unhappy. She didn’t make as much money as her co-workers because her boss had it in for her. Her marriage wasn’t fulfilling because her husband wasn’t romantic enough. Her book wasn’t published because her agent wasn’t working hard enough. Finally, after hearing yet another rant about everything that was wrong in her life, Beth’s friend suggested the common denominator. “Perhaps the problem isn’t everyone else. Perhaps the problem is you. Do you even realize how often you complain?” her friend asked. Deeply offended, Beth began logging how often she complained.…
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More Journal Topics to Start the Year
There are a few times of the year when people tend to start journaling for the first time or to get back into the process after a break – when they are dealing with something difficult, near the beginning of a quarter, and at the beginning of the year. If you are planning to start journaling as part of your new start this January, I have provided a few additional things you can write about. Your New Years’ Annual Goals Naturally, the first step to journaling at the beginning of the year is to write about your goals for the year. They don’t all have to be huge goals —…
