Personal Development
Personal development covers self-development, motivation, self-care, and mental health.
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4 Things Compromising Your Happiness and How to Combat Them
This month I am also going to post a bit about happiness. That’s the endpoint of achieving our goals right? But you can be happy while achieving your goals and even without fully accomplishing them. In a way, happiness is a type of goal too. Did you know you could be compromising your own happiness without even realizing it? If you constantly find yourself feeling unhappy and dissatisfied with your life, it’s worth looking within yourself. Here, you’ll discover 4 things which could be compromising your happiness right now. 1. Your Inner Critic We all have an inner critic and sometimes it can be pretty hard to ignore. It’s constantly…
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Excuses and Missteps: Things that Can Derail Your Diet Goals
Goals, goals, goals. I have posted a lot about goals during January. This will remain a topic of interest this year but I am going to branch out a bit. Each of us have planned some goals for the year — now we can get into more details about specific goals and how to make them come true — and all that that entails. So for a goal related to weight and diet — a diet goal — first let’s consider the biggest issue — mindset. Block Out That Little Voice! If you want to get down to a healthy weight, you have to stop making excuses. You know what…
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Defining What Makes You Happy
We all want to be happy, but do you know what happiness truly is to you? The very definition of happiness is to be satisfied and fulfilled. To each individual, this could mean something entirely different. For some, happiness comes from having a large family. For others, it’s career success, or having the financial freedom to go travelling for a year. Here, we’ll look at how you can define what makes you happy. Think About What Makes You Happy Right Now When we think of happiness, usually we focus on the things we don’t have. For example, you might associate happiness with becoming financially stable; something you don’t have right…
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Journal to Visualize Your Goals
We are one month into 2019! Time really has been flying! Last month everyone created new resolutions or better yet — goals for the year. How are you doing with those after one month? Are you on track? Do you need encouragement to maintain your focus or have all of your plans kind of fallen apart already? Use a Journal Perhaps you should consider writing things down in a journal. Have you ever had an experience that showed you how helpful it can be to write things down? You can actually use your writing ability to help break down the list of things that you need to do to arrive at your…
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7 Ideas for Accountability and Motivation
Staying motivated is one of the most important factors in achieving your goals — no matter what type of goals they are. Finding ways to hold yourself accountable is a must if you want to be successful. There are many ways to do that, but not every way is right for everyone. You’ll have to find out what works best for you, and then use those to help you reach your goals. Below there are 7 ideas for ways to hold yourself accountable so that you can stay motivated and achieve your goals. 1) Track your goals Tracking your goals is one way you can hold yourself accountable. There are…
