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Happiness

MINDFUL AND CREATIVE WAYS TO USE YOUR JOURNAL

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Mindful and creative ways to use your journal.

Journaling is the best way to celebrate the beautiful life you live and the bright future ahead of you. It is a tool that allows you to document your journey to create the best life you’ve ever imagined. It is also a great way to train your brain to focus on progress and gratitude and to cultivate a positive mindset. When you start writing about everything you are grateful for, you will be amazed not only by the wonderful things in your life but by the beauty and brilliance of life in general.

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4 SIMPLE BUT ESSENTIAL STEPS TO FORGIVENESS

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4 essential steps to forgiveness

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The truth is, if you go through life, you are going to be hurt, at some point, by the words or actions of a friend, colleague, parent, sibling, or even stranger. When you are hurt by someone you love and trust you become bitter, resentful, and angry. Forgiveness is a commitment to change, move on, and be happy. By choosing to forgive, you embrace tranquility, joy, and gratitude. Forgiveness brings the peace you need to go on with your life. It is a sign of strength, not a weakness, and a long, deep process of the heart that purifies and releases.

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HOW TO PLAN A RELAXING SELF-CARE DAY

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How to plan a relaxing self-care day

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We often forget to take care of ourselves until we become worn out, frustrated, unhappy, and incapable of fully showing up. How do we know that we need a self-care day? There are some signs to help you understand that you need some self-care. If you feel tired, frustrated, lacking in motivation and low in energy, unhappy without reason, and always procrastinating, then this is your body, your mind, and your emotions telling you that you are in need of some well-deserved self-care. Staying in touch with your own feelings and embracing them is the best you can do for yourself and for those in your care.

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HOW TO BUILD A POSITIVE MINDSET

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How to build a positive mindset

Research has proved countless times that positive thinking has a wide variety of benefits for our emotional, mental, and even physical well-being. Positive thinkers have better stress-coping skills, stronger immunity, and more friends. But with today’s hectic lifestyle, when we feel overworked, tired, and stressed out by all the pressing demands and timelines, it can become all too easy to focus on the negative. So how can we eliminate negative thoughts and replace them with a more optimistic, positive outlook?

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LIMITING HABITS YOU SHOULD GIVE UP IF YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY

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Limiting habits you should give up if you want to be happy.

Genuinely happy people don’t just sit around being contented. They make things happen. They set and reach goals, and control their thoughts, feelings, and habits. If we want to experience love, peace, contentment, optimism, and joy, we have to give up our bad, limiting habits.

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EFFECTIVE WAYS TO ORGANIZE AND USE YOUR OWN PRODUCTIVITY JOURNAL

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A productivity journal is a great tool to help you stay organized, set and define goals, store important information, and track your progress.

A productivity journal is a great tool to help you stay organized, set and define goals, store important information, and track your progress. Writing things down is like a commitment you make to yourself – it prompts you to choose a specific goal and accomplish it, and it holds you accountable. It also helps you organize and analyze your thoughts in a way that would be difficult – if not impossible – to do if you were just thinking or dreaming about it.

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HOW TO PREPARE FOR AN ENLIGHTENED, HAPPIER NEW YEAR

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Here are a few tips on how to prepare and reset for a fulfilling and happier new year.

As you always prepare for a new day, use the beginning of this year to contemplate what you’ve accomplished in life so far, and start thinking about how you can make the new year the best year you’ve ever had. Plan to get started on new things feeling revived and focused, and welcome the new year with a sense of calm and preparedness so you can easily get back to your routine.

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THE BEST WAYS TO FIND INSPIRATION AND UNLEASH YOUR CREATIVITY

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Find inspiration again and regain the ability to see, channel, and express the endless beauty out there.

It’s easy to get bored and become uninspired when you follow the same schedule and the same routine over and over again. There’s nothing new and exciting in going to the same places, seeing the same people every day, and doing the same things. You can start feeling not only uninspired, but also tired and unhappy, and that might even affect your overall health.

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