Are You Feeling Blue?

It is a fact that we are conditioned with being optimistic. Being happy, being positive all the time.
We have been enforcing this belief in our minds; I mean “Wrong Belief” on our subconscious mind so much that when we are upset or dull we, even more, start feeling demotivated and devastated because we cannot meet our brain’s false expectations.

It is a fact that at some point in life we are bound to feel negative, down, demotivated…
And it is absolutely OK and Absolutely Accepted 🙂

So when we are on an emotional roller coaster ride and trying to balance out ourselves,
These 10 habits would help the most.
These are tried and tested by me.
And It works Perfectly.

Habit no 1:- Writing a Journal

Make two parts in the journal.
In one part write down things that you did in a day that made you happy.

In another part write down things that made you feel sad and depressed. Now once you write this part. Read it and just cut it off with a pen.

You will feel relaxed.
By doing so we are not going to erase these ugly things or memories but we are just accepting it to move on from it at the earliest.

Habit no 2:- Maintaining a manifestation or affirmations book

Now, this is something fancy yet effective.
Maintain a book in which you write down things you want to manifest.
Write down your dreams.
Write down your wish list here.
And in affirmations book write down qualities that you want for your self-development.

Make sure you use present tense while writing not present continuous tense or future tense.
For e.g. I’m confident…I’m courageous…
And feel like you already have it.

This has transformed many people’s lives around me including mine 🙂

Habit no 3:- Complimenting on small things

Compliments never go waste…
Give compliments to people around…
Be thankful to mom for sacrificing her dreams for us…
Be thankful to our dad who always tries to treat us like a prince or princess…
Be thankful to your spouse for unconditional love and fabulous companionship…
Be thankful to the friend who had been there for you always…
Be thankful to your siblings for little fights that give immense joy and make the bond stronger…
Be thankful to the universe for helping you out by fulfilling your wishes…
Be thankful to nature for giving us a lot of resources…
Be thankful to your neighbor who cooks the delicious dish at the weekend dinner parties…
Be thankful to each one around you…
everyone teaches you something so make them happy with simple compliments…

Habit no 4:- Enjoying little things

This is something that I had been doing since my childhood.
I love enjoying small things.
Let it be first snowfall or rain. Let it be grandma’s kiss. Let it be playing with kids. Let it be drenching in rain with your pets. Let it be gardening and talking to plants while watering them.

Small things often give you more happiness 🙂

Habit no 5:- Self-love

This is very important.
Self-pampering… self-care… self-respect… self-love should be our habit.
It is said, “Feel guilty for not prioritizing yourself first”.
It is True.
Doing things that you like. Pampering your body becomes part of a habit if you opt to do these practices daily.

Habit no 6:- Meditation

This connects you to your higher self…Not to higher self but to Inner self 😉

It just stops mind chatter…Makes you peaceful and also gives you a bonus in the form of mental strength.

Take out at least 15 minutes a day to get connected to your inner voice. Your inner soul.

Habit no 7:- Taking out time for a hobby

Don’t you think many times we do not pay attention to our buddies due to our tedious busy schedule?

I think they really need attention from us because they really want to help us.

Being a busy student…being a busy businessman…being a busy housewife…being busy working folks. We often forget to justify talents within us. We just suppress them.
But let them pop out.
Give some time to your talents and hobbies.
Spending time on our hobbies is as good as spending time with our soul.
So Are you ready to play your guitar after a long gap?

Let’s get started then 🙂

Habit no 8:- Giving gifts to self

I tell my secret of being motivated. I was consistently failing in my exams for more than 7 attempts. But I remember I used to give myself a tiny gift each time just to keep myself motivated.
The failure phase is not permanent. So lift up the mood with self-appreciation.
Give yourself a gift on your victories and on your special days. Do not wait until someone will come to appreciate you by gifting you something.

Habit no 9:- Trying to fight all alone

This sounds weird…Right?

We always need someone around us to fight our problems. We rely on folks by thinking that they will fight with our problems on behalf of us.
But most of the time we end up fighting all alone. And it is really good to be self-reliant in this case.
Of course, we need to take guidance and advice to cope up in a better way, but expecting others to solve our issues and problems is like a fairy tale.
So make your mind trained for this instead of training it to rely on others in our bad phases.
The way we feel responsible and accountable for our success, let us make ourselves responsible and accountable to failures as well.

Habit no 10:- Stamping in mind “It is ok to be messy and imperfect”

Half of our life we spend in proving ourselves…making us perfect…and being tidy…But it sounds boring…Right???

Just tell your mind it is ok not to achieve all these hyped things.

Trying to make ourselves perfect and ideal drains a lot of our energy and it also frustrates us by seeing that we could not meet our expectations.

Tell yourself I am perfect with my imperfections.
Accept your flaws and cherish them.
Tell your mind It is ok to fail again and again…Failure is a part of life.
We never like to read a story of successful people who never struggled and became successful…Right???
So self-acceptance matters a lot for self-love.

These seem very simple and negligible things but if you make each one your habit, it changes your life gradually.
You will experience more contentment than before.

And even If nobody likes you or loves you, there will be always a person who will love you from bottom of their heart.
You know who would be that person 😉

I hope this article would help you to understand your soul 🙂