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Weather and Your Mood
How are you feeling today?
Why are you feeling this way?
Could it possibly be because of the weather?
Our immediate mood (Momentary happiness) is more affected by the weather than our general well-being will be affected by it. Studies found that when people were surveyed about their mood on a sunny day it indicated a higher life satisfaction compared to people surveyed on a rainy day.
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Contentment
Have you ever felt inadequate or discontent after browsing your social media feeds or visiting with family or friends? Sometimes it can be difficult to shake off these nagging feelings and set you on an endless path of wanting, which leads to an unsatisfied life.
“Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like and celebrating it for everything that it is.”
- Mandy Hale
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The Effort of Success
To find out what you want, this article will guide you with a step-by-step list to help you get into gear.
Figuring life out is what it’s all about, it’s a life-long journey.
There aren’t steps to success, if only it was that simple. The truth is everyone is trying to figure life out and having steps seems easier and much less intimidating. Having a plan and putting in the effort is what will get you there. Many people want to see their dreams come true but they are not willing to put in the effort to achieve this. In this article, I want to guide you through a list you can make to catapult you towards your ultimate goals.
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Fill the GAP with a Skills Gap Year
We must rather go with the choice that scares us the most because it is this choice that will help us grow.
Many young people are entering the grown-up world with no clue as to who they are, and how the world works, and much less as to what they want to do with their lives. These uncertainties along with increasing poverty and unemployment rates lead the majority of young people to steer away from the road less traveled.
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Putting a Year Aside
As Brian Tracy, an American – Canadian public speaker, once said: “Personal development is a major time saver. The better you become, the less time it takes you to achieve your goals.”
Sitting there, studying for the final exam of your school life. You have an idea of where you want to go and what you want to do with your life, but you have this weird feeling that you may have something missing. You’re not sure what it could be, but you feel like you are falling behind in life in some way.
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Invest in Yourself
Where do you begin?
It’s really not the end of the world if you do not have it all figured out yet, just start somewhere.
Find something you love
Times have changed and young people are not settling for jobs just to make ends meet like older generations did. Instead, they are looking for something that will be fulfilling and make them happy. These days one of the most dreaded things we hear often from young people is to be tied to a desk from 8 to 5 in a dead-end job with no freedom.
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The Highly Sensitive Person
A book by
Elaine N. Aron
This book opened up a new world to me, being an HSP myself but not knowing it, this book has helped me so much with understanding myself and managing my life and emotions. I learned to not push myself so much and to be kind to myself. Here is a summary of the book. It is a great read, if the info below resonates with you then I would suggest you get your copy of the book. Let's get to it then.
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How to Make Lasting Changes
Creating behaviors that last – becoming the person you want to be.
This is a condensed summary of the active questions from the book Triggers, by Marshall Goldsmith, a good read with some great tips and help.
‘Active questions trigger trying’
A behavioral trigger is any stimulus that impacts our behavior. In this book, he examines the environmental and psychological triggers that can derail us at work and in life. As Marshall Goldsmith points out, our reactions don’t occur in a vacuum. They are usually the result of unappreciated triggers in our environment—the people and situations that lure us into behaving in a manner opposed to the colleague, partner, parent, or friend we imagine ourselves to be.
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