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How to Wake Up Happy
By: Laure Justice
Make it easy to wake up happy by creating positive surroundings.
- Put something pretty like flowers or pictures of something/someone you like seeing by your bed so the first thing you see is positive.
- Clean clutter out of your bedroom so you don't roll out of bed and trip on the laundry or find yourself surrounded by chaos. (Clutter creates stress.)
- Make your bedroom into a haven of things that bring you peace.
Put yourself in a positive mindset before you go to sleep.
- Make your last thoughts of the day about the good things in your life.
- If nothing about your life feels positive, think about your goals or dreams, but not in the sense of longing for things because that enhances their absence.
- Give yourself the freedom to believe you are on the path to everything you want - because you are - if you choose to be.
Before you roll out of bed, reaffirm the positive thoughts you enjoyed right before bed.
- If you woke up cranky, and we've all been there, turn it around before your feet even hit the floor.
- It's a new day, even if yesterday or the past thousand yesterdays sucked, today is a fresh day, you get to choose how you feel about and deal with each moment of the day.
- Look in the mirror, smile at yourself, and say something nice to yourself - about anything, even if you feel silly doing it.
I used to wake up feeling overwhelmed and depressed every day - and I mean EVERY day. It took a lot of work and a lot of goal-setting, and a LOT of self-motivation to reach a different place emotionally - and do you know what? It's nicer here on the positive side, and if any of the tiny things I did to get here can help someone else... Well, let's just say I sure hope they inspire someone, somewhere, to feel happier and more positive.
