Rediscovering Wellness

Let me get one thing straight: I’m not always happy. Even I feel crappy from time to time. However, I believe in the power of positive thinking, or optimism even if it only serves to be a distraction to what’s really going on inside me. Even if it’s only temporary., and I know I will have to eventually face the source of my being down in the dumps. Here are some things that I’ve done to become more positive in my life. As always, I highly recommend choosing one tip, whatever you feel resonates with you, and run away with it,

1. Keep a journal. YES. The ultimate reflection. I’ve been journaling since I was 8. I wasn’t always consistent. There are times when I journaled more than other. And as I look back, I noticed that my style has actually change, From starting with “Dear Diary, this is what happened to me today” to writing to an imaginary friend named Martha in high school where I literally felt friendless, to writing about my heart broken moments with my first love in college, until now…journaling has been a part of my life though I do it much less than before. But what does journaling do to you? It encourages insight and self-reflection of your thinking and behavior, sometimes allowing you to get a different perspective. Just as how I started, you can write down the events of the day that unfolded for you and more importantly, how did these events make you feel. Maybe you will do different the next time..or not.
2. Laugh. Laughter indeed is the best medicine. I don’t know what will happen if I’m always serious. Honestly I will be so miserable, Sometimes shit happens, you cannot avoid it and you just have to consciously find humor in every disaster that shows up in your front door.
3. Write to your future. I’ve done this exercise a long time ago, and years later (I talk like I’m so old lol) I read the same letter, and what the hell was I thinking? Long story short, I wasn’t a Hollywood actress with a movie deal starring Macaulay Culkin and me No, I was far from it if you haven’t notice by now. The point is that it’s good to reflect what you have learned (or not) all these years. Or what has changed. Imagining what your future looks like is a great motivator of what you can become,
4. Keep a kindness list. I think we can all agree on this one. There is something about being kind, or killing someone with kindness. I’ve also done this a few times and it’s funny how I would see the look on their faces- confused, embarrassed, caught of guard, They just didn’t know how to react because they were already expecting you to be a certain type of person or blow off or something . Anyways, when you write down moments when you are being kind to someone, or someone did something nice to you, you’d be surprised how quickly it grows and gives you a new perspective on things.
5. Say thank you. Gratitude always go a long way. You don’t know how much it means to a lot of people to simply feel appreciated,
6. Last but not the least, choose positivity. Make the conscious choice to be positive every single day. This is how you will develop and maintain a positive outlook in life. Everyone will always have some type of pain in their life. This is inevitable. But decide that today will be great anyway. It makes us easier to bounce back from the bad times and be certain of good things to come our way.