Are you a morning person or a night owl? What do you love most about this part of the day?
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1. Take Inventory of what causes joy and what causes regret; focus on joy. 2. Fix the things you regret: either address them or avoid them in the future 3. Revel in gratitude: start and use a Journal of Gratitude to acknowledge all the good in your life. 4. Recognize what you can control: reframe your decisions to learn from them. Control what you can, and forgive yourself for the rest. 5. Ask your "future self" if you will be thankful for today's choices. 6. Redirect your resources of time and money to focus more on joy: Do NOT make excuses of why you are too busy for what brings you joy. 7. Create non-negotiable rituals: maybe taking a walk, drinking coffee you love, or sketching a picture. Incorporate these regularly into your life without regret 8. Embrace new experiences: when something is new, chemicals linked to pleasure and reward are released in the brain. Which of these do you find most challenging? Which are you excited to incorporate into your life?  We all have times when we find ourselves dreading doing something. Once we finally just go ahead and take the first steps, we quickly learn we had built up the task to be much worse in our own minds than it actually ended up being in reality. Too bad we wasted time worrying, procrastinating, and dreading! Describe the last time you procrastinated on a task that wasn’t as difficult as you thought it would be.  List 10 things you are looking forward to this year. *Remember, if you can think of more than ten things to look forward to, go ahead and write those down to! You get to choose what the year will bring you. Your thinking about what will happen will truly affect how you will feel.  How is your life more positive today than it was a year ago?  Did you listen to any music today? How did it make you feel? What is your favorite song now? What were some of your favorite songs from the past?
As we move into this new decade, let's focus on what we can CONTROL, what we can APPRECIATE, and what we can ACHIEVE. Changing our perspective allows us to free ourselves from feeling bound by events and other people's choices. This is YOUR LIFE. You get to decide how to look at the world, so you get to decide how you FEEL about it. Let's make 2020 and the years that follow our best years yet. How will you change YOUR perspective for 2020? Share with us below.  As 2019 comes to a close, I am taking a few moments not to dwell on the challenging times, but to appreciate all the positive moments I have experienced. Remembering how much we have to be thankful for that has happened will set the right tone for the year to come. Join me in jotting down a few highlights from the past year.... Please share one or two below.  |
Jennifer Kugler-Gillespie, MA, NCCJennifer is a professional counselor and tutor helping people all around the world. She creates a positive experience for her students to build confidence and enhance learning. Archives
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