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Tips For Staying Positive

How to keep yourself happy during difficult times.

LexiMcCabe

May 12, 2020

Missouri State University

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The goal of everyone is to try to stay happy and positive. Here are a couple of steps to take to achieve that goal.

Focus on Positive Thoughts

If you just focus on one negative thought it ruins your entire day. Instead of focusing on all the things wrong in your life or day focus on something positive that happened even if it was small. By changing your mentality, you change your entire perspective on not only that day, but yourself as a whole. Challenge yourself to wake up everyday with a positive thought and anytime you feel something goes wrong, think back to that one thought and you will feel more empowered.

Ask Yourself Better Questions

Our brains are kind of like Google, if you ask it something it will come up with an answer that you were looking for. Meaning, positive thoughts will lead to positive answers and negative thoughts will lead to negative answers. Instead of asking "why is life so unfair" ask "what can I learn from this" or "how is this situation going to make me stronger." By changing the way you talk to yourself will help change your mentality.

Remember that the Situation is only Temporary

Most of the time we forget that the bad situations will go away. Remind yourself that everything happens for a reason, so if you're going through a rough patch then it's because you can handle it. You will come out a stronger and better person from the situation at the end. Remember every story has a ending, you just have to read the rough parts to get there.

No Self-Pity

There are some things in life that are out of your control, but you control how you react to them. By choosing to feel sorry for yourself only makes the entire situation worse. However, by taking full responsibility for your thoughts, your emotions, and your actions you can take away the negativity that you feel.

Stop Trying to Control Things that are Out of Your Control

Life throws curve balls and there's nothing anyone can do about that. Not one person can control everything that happens to them so stop trying. By trying to control everything, you are not only not living life to the fullest, but creating unnecessary stress on yourself. Which then leads to negativity because bad things still happen even when you did everything in your power to try and stop them. Just live in the moment and let what happens happen.

Let it All Out

One of the best ways to make yourself feel better is to get everything out in the open. Whether that be by telling someone or by writing it down you have to get all of the emotions and negativity out. By keeping it inside you are creating a never ending cycle. Getting everything out will lift a weight off your shoulders.

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The sun is up, the sky is blue, it's beautiful and so are you

Love is old, love is new, love is all, love is you

There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be

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He say, "I know you, you know me", One thing I can tell you is you got to be free

Oh please, say to me, You'll let me be your man. And please say to me, You'll let me hold your hand

It was twenty years ago today, Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play. They've been going in and out of style, but they're guaranteed to raise a smile

Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see

Can you hear me? When it rains and shine, it's just a state of mind

Little darling, it's been long cold lonely winter. Little darling, it feels like years since it' s been here. Here comes the sun, Here comes the sun, and I say it's alright

We danced through the night and we held each other tight, and before too long I fell in love with her. Now, I'll never dance with another when I saw her standing there

I love you, I love you, I love you, that's all I want to say

You say you want a revolution. Well you know, we all want to change the world

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Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends

Hey Jude, don't make it bad. Take a sad song and make it better

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away. Now it looks as though they're here to stay. Oh, I believe in yesterday

And when the brokenhearted people, living in the world agree, there will be an answer, let it be.

And anytime you feel the pain, Hey Jude, refrain. Don't carry the world upon your shoulders

I'll give you all I got to give if you say you'll love me too. I may not have a lot to give but what I got I'll give to you. I don't care too much for money. Money can't buy me love

All you need is love, love is all you need

Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

Blackbird singing in the dead of night, Take these broken wings and learn to fly. All your life, You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Though I know I'll never lose affection, for people and things that went before. I know I'll often stop and think about them. In my life, I love you more

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15. The beauty of getting outside and exploring.

16. To be prepared for anything.

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19. To brush off gossip.

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