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30 things that start a change for the better

June 5, 2021 Inspiration

Change in life takes action, but sometimes you just don't know where to start. Here are 30 tips to help.

Iya Zorina

Author of Lifehacker, athlete, CCM

You can not only read this article, but also listen to it. If it's more convenient for you, turn on the podcast.

1. Be honest with yourself

Don't lie to yourself - both about what is right and what needs to be changed. Be honest with yourself about your accomplishments and who you want to be. Eliminate lying to yourself from all aspects of your life. Because you are the only person you can always count on.

Examine yourself to find out who you really are, without illusion or self-deception. Do it once, and then it will be easier for you to understand how you live, how you want to live and how to achieve it.

2. Don't be afraid of problems

Your problems do not characterize you. Your personality determines how you react to them and how you are used to dealing with them.

In most cases, problems are not solved until you start doing something about them. You don't have to devote all your time to it - start doing something.

Tiny steps in the right direction are much better than no movement at all.

3. Spend time with the right people

The right people are the ones you enjoy being around. These are people who appreciate you and support you on the right path. They make you feel alive and not only accept you for who you are in the present moment, but they are ready to unconditionally accept who you want to become.

4. Make your happiness a priority

Your needs are very important. If you don't value yourself, don't take care of yourself, and don't think your needs are important, you're only making life harder for yourself.

Remember that you can take care of yourself without neglecting the needs of others. And when your personal needs are met, you will be much better able to help those who need your help.

5. Be yourself, sincerely and proudly

If you try to be someone else, you lose yourself. Stop it, feel free to be yourself. Embrace your individuality, filled with ideas, strength and beauty. Be who you feel like, be the best version of yourself.

6. Learn to notice the present moment and live in it

A miracle is happening right now. Now is the only moment in life that you can be sure of. Now is life.

So stop thinking about what great things you will do in the future and stop worrying about what you did or didn't do in the past.

Learn to be here and now and experience life as it flows, not going back in your thoughts and not looking ahead. Appreciate the world for its beauty right now.

7. Begin to appreciate the lessons you can learn from mistakes

Mistakes are normal, they are stepping stones to progress. If you are not mistaken, then you are not trying hard to achieve something and you are not learning.

Take risks, fail, fail, fall, then get up and try again. Appreciate the fact that you push yourself forward, learn, grow and correct your mistakes.

A winding path almost always leads to significant achievements, full of failures and falls. So the next mistake that you were so afraid of making could be the biggest achievement of your life.

8. Be nice to yourself

If you had a friend who talked to you in the way you sometimes allow yourself to be talked to in your mind, how long would you put up with him? If you scold yourself mentally or even out loud, you thereby allow other people to treat you the same way.

If you don't respect and love yourself, no one will.

9. Enjoy what you have

Many people think that they will be happy if they reach some level in life - the level at which other people live, for example, the boss in a separate cool office or an acquaintance who built a mansion on the beach.

Unfortunately, this is not easy to achieve, it will take time. And when you finally do this, come up with new achievements for yourself that are not enough to be happy. And so you will work all your life to achieve something new, while not enjoying the fruits of your labors at all.

Learn to relax and enjoy what you already have. You can do a little gratitude practice every morning just by thinking about what you have and being grateful for it.

10. Learn to find happiness on your own

If you expect someone to make you happy, you are missing out on a lot. Smile just because you can. Choose happiness for yourself. Be happy with yourself, with the way you are right now, and may your path to tomorrow be filled with positivity.

Happiness is often found exactly when you decide to find it, and where you choose to find it.

So if you decide to find happiness in the present moment, chances are you will.

11. Give your ideas and dreams a chance

In life there is rarely a chance, more often you have to find it yourself. You will never be completely sure that your idea will work, but you can be one hundred percent sure that if you do nothing, the idea will definitely not work.

In most cases, your ideas are worth trying. And it doesn’t matter how it ends: success or another life lesson. You win either way.

12. Believe you are ready for the next step

You are ready! Think about it. You already have everything you need to take the next small step forward. So embrace the opportunities that are in front of you and embrace change. It's a gift that helps you grow.

13. Start new relationships

Start new relationships with reliable, honest people who respect you and accept your changes. Choose friends you will be proud of, people you admire and who will reciprocate your love and devotion. And pay close attention to what the person does. His actions mean more than his words and the opinions of others about him.

14. Give the people you meet a chance

It sounds tough, but you can't be friends with everyone. People change and so do priorities. While some relationships are fading, others are getting stronger.

Appreciate the opportunity to start new relationships, abandoning old ones that have served their purpose. Start a new relationship, knowing that you are treading on unfamiliar territory.

Be ready to learn, be ready to challenge, and always be ready to meet the person who might just change your life forever.

15. Compete only with the past version of yourself

Be inspired by others, appreciate other people, learn from them, but never compete with others. It's a waste of time.

You are constantly competing with only one person - with yourself.

Compete to beat yourself, to become even better. Set yourself the goal of surpassing personal records again and again - only such a competition will benefit you.

16. Learn to rejoice in other people's victories

Start to notice what you like about other people and tell them about it. Recognizing that the people around you are wonderful only leads to good things. So be happy for those who are making progress. Root for them, sincerely wish them victory, and sooner or later these people will start rooting for you.

17. Support Yourself in Difficult Situations

When things get tough in life, don't forget to cheer yourself up. Take a couple of deep breaths in and out and remind yourself that hard challenges will make you stronger.

Remember your victories and achievements, everything that is right in your life. Focus on what you already have, not what is missing.

18. Learn to forgive yourself and others

Everyone has ever been hurt by their own wrong decisions or by the actions of other people. And although it is normal to feel pain in such an experience, sometimes the suffering is too long. We experience this pain again and again, and this only prolongs an unpleasant period in life.

The only cure for this is forgiveness. And this does not mean that you erase the past or forget about what happened. This means that you let the resentment and pain disappear and leave this event in your memory as a useful life experience, nothing more.

19. Start caring for others

Take care of others, show them the right path if you know it. The more you help others, the more they help you. Love and kindness always return.

20. Listen to your inner voice

If it helps, discuss your ideas with your loved ones, but make your final decisions based on your intuition. Be honest with yourself, say what you have to, and do what your heart tells you to do.

21. Monitor your stress level

Calm down, breathe deeply. Stop and redistribute your forces so that you can move forward again with a clear understanding of the goal.

When you're overwhelmed with work, a little break can refresh your mind and increase your productivity. In addition, short breaks give you the opportunity to look back and evaluate whether all your actions were aimed at achieving the goal.

22. Start noticing the beauty of small things

Instead of waiting for big events like marriage, having children, promotion or winning the lottery.

Look for happiness in small moments, seemingly insignificant things that happen every day.

A cup of aromatic coffee in the early morning, delicious toast and the smell of homemade food; the happiness of sharing a moment with those you love; the joy of holding your partner's hand. Learn to notice these little pleasures, and your life will become much more enjoyable.

23. Learn to accept imperfections

Remember: perfect doesn't mean good. One of the biggest challenges for people who want to improve themselves and the world is to learn to accept things as they are.

Sometimes it is much better to accept the world and people as they are, rather than trying to fit them into incredible ideals. This does not mean that you need to settle for a mediocre life, refusing any changes. It's just sometimes worth accepting things even when they're not perfect.

24. Move towards your goals every day

Whatever you dream about, start getting closer to it without missing a single day. Every small step, small action and achievement brings you closer to your goal.

Many of us at least once in our lives think about the need to follow our calling, but only a few really begin to work on it. To work on this means to gradually and steadily move towards the final goal.

25. Be open about your feelings

If you are suffering, give yourself time to get over it. But don't shut yourself up and don't try to stuff your suffering into a far corner of your consciousness. Talk to your loved ones, tell them the truth about how you feel, let them listen to you. This easy way to let your feelings out is the first step to experiencing suffering and feeling good again.

26. Take responsibility for your life

Accept your choices and your mistakes and be willing to correct them. If you do not take responsibility for your life, someone else will, and then you will become a slave to other people's ideas and dreams, instead of being a pioneer in your own path.

You are the only person who can control the consequences of your actions. Yes, it will not always be easy, each of us will have many obstacles. But you must take responsibility for any situation in your life and overcome these obstacles.

27. Actively Maintain Your Most Important Relationships

Bring honesty and real joy into your relationships with the people you love by simply telling them how much they mean to you, and do it regularly. You may not mean much to all people, but to some you are everything.

Decide for yourself who these people are and treasure them as your greatest treasure.

Remember, you don't need a set number of friends - you need friends you know you have.

28. Focus on what you can control

You can't change everything, but you can always influence something. Spending your energy, talent, and emotions on things that are out of your control is the best way to feel powerless and frustrated. Therefore, direct your energies only to those things that you can change.

29. Focus on opportunities and positive outcomes

Before a person does something, he must believe that he can do it. A great way to avoid negative thoughts and destructive emotions is to evoke positive emotions that are far more powerful.

Listen to your inner dialogue and change your negative thoughts and attitudes into positive ones. No matter how the situation turns out, focus on what you want and then take the next step forward.

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