GLOBAL HAPPINESS

Show respect to build your relationship
Give your partner respect, and expect it in return. How hard is it to use the same courtesy you used before you were married? These simple everyday courtesies should always be used when asking for anything from your partner.
"Please."
How hard would it have been to say, honey, I m so tired, can you please get me a soda?
"Thank You."
Once they bring it to you, a simple thanks or thank you will let them know you appreciate them.
And . . .
"You're welcome."
And when your partner says thank you. It is very simple to say your welcome back.
Keep your relationship strong by showing respect for each other and you will have a much better life together and be much happier.

 

If you sit around and worry about your future, you are just wasting time you could be using to make changes to improve it.

Once you have made a mistake, let it go, dwelling on it will not make it go away nor will it help you to grow.
Everybody makes mistakes, they do not make you who you are.
The only thing you can do is accept they happened and learn and grow from them.

Don't be so hard on yourself.

You will not enjoy life if you worry or stress over things every day.

If you dwell on all the bad things in life, you'll miss out on all the good things.

 

Take a blanket outside and lay down in your yard.

Lay on your back and look up at the sky. Let your mind and body go completely and float away in the wind.

Just lay back and listen to the sounds of the birds singing, the leaves blowing, and relax.

Do some deep breathing exercises and each time you exhale think happy thoughts.

As you start to relax, you will feel your body releasing tension and stress.

Take care of your mind, body and soul for at least a few minutes every day and you will soon find you have a happier, more relaxed outlook on life.

 

 

 

Go online and find some wonderful pictures of things that simulate your goals and print some of the pictures.

Each evening before you go to bed, look at the pictures and imagine yourself in the picture.

Tape some of the pictures in places you will see them throughout the day.

Keep the images in place until you have accomplished the goal and feelings of success they bring. This is great motivation to keep you on track.

 

Stop smoking to improve your health.

Yes, if you are a smoker it can be very difficult to quit.

It will require willpower to take the control to stop.

Take time every day to meditate. Sit in a comfortable chair straight up and relax your muscles starting at your feet.

Next, relax your legs, then your stomach, hips, chest arms, neck and head.
Now repeat to yourself I am a non smoker, I do not enjoy smoking and hate the taste and sell of smoking.

Repeat this to yourself over and over again for 15-30 minutes.

Do this twice a day until you feel less desire to smoke.
Once you feel strong enough to stop, do it cold turkey.
Throw away your cigarettes, and each time you feel the urge to smoke, meditate and repeat the above statements.

If you must, do it 10-20 times a day for a few minutes each time.
Soon you will feel the desire to light up less and less every day.

Good Luck!

 

Plan to try something new today.

If you usually take one route to work, try a new one.

The new scenery will make your day less routine.

If you eat lunch at the same place every day, try a new restaurant or bring a salad and fruit
from home and eat in the park.

If you take the elevator up to your office, use the stairs instead to get some exercise.

Make each day a little different by doing something new and keep yourself from getting in a rut.

 

Start doing some physical activity you enjoy.

Exercise does not have to be a chore, as long as you find something you really enjoy.

Whether you decide to take up walking, jogging, swimming, aerobics, yoga or just dancing around
your house, find a way to make it enjoyable.

Exercise produces endorphins that make you feel better and raise your spirits.

Start by doing exercise for a few minutes a day.

Then work up to 30 minutes a day at least three times per week.

Even a short workout three times a week will help you trim your body and gain more energy.

By improving your body, you will also improve your self esteem.

Start moving now and you'll feel better in no time.

 

Word Visualizations to help you achieve your goals:
Write one word on a 3 x 5 card that says who you are and what your abilities are or what you would like to accomplish.
Sit in a comfortable chair and relax then hold the card in front of you and focus your eyes on the word. Give it all of your attention and hold this thought for 15-30 minutes.
Do this exercise every night for three weeks to burn the image of your goal into your mind. By doing this you will keep the word in your mind as a reminder and it will become part of your everyday life.

 

 

Set up some aromatherapy candles all around the room and light them.

Make a circle around the room and sit in a comfortable chair in the center then relax and close your eyes and take in the scents and enjoy.

Add some nice soothing music or sounds of a waterfall or the ocean to really get the feeling of total relaxation.

You will enjoy the great feeling of serenity as your body starts to relax.
Don't you just love it when you walk into a place that has candles burning, don't they make you feel warm and relaxed?

 

Do you feel overwhelmed with stress?

Why not join a support group. By talking things out with other people who feel the same stress, you can help each other and share ideas that have worked for you. You'll learn from the others as well when they talk about how they handle their own difficulties. The benefit of sharing with others can help you get over your stress faster and you can spend time with people who understand where you are coming from and will not judge you.

 

Give yourself a little pep talk.
Repeat this to yourself.
"I'm great! 

I'm deserve to be happy.

There is no one in the whole world like me. I'm a unique individual with so much to offer.

I can do anything you set your mind to do.

I have talents and abilities that are unique to me.

I'm are optimistic and enthusiastic and embrace change with gusto. 

I'm happy and self confident.

I'm a hard working person that deserves success in all I do.

I'm in control of myself and never let myself down.

I'm special."
By doing this exercise everyday you will find yourself filled with a new sense of self esteem and power.

 

You can be your own best friend or your own worst enemy.
Which do you choose to be? Friend, RIGHT! Always talk positively to yourself. Pay attention to all your good qualities and accomplishments. Do not let negative thought take over your mind.

You are special and deserve to be happy. Repeat these affirmations out loud and to yourself
whenever you catch yourself talking negatively to you.
There are beautiful things happening in my life daily.
I face each new day as a race to be won.
Success is to be enjoyed.
I am a positive and happy person
I have the courage to look without fear at what needs to be changed in my life.
I am a competent person.
I picture abundance for myself and others.
I have within myself the answers to all my needs.

 

Be clear about what you want to achieve in your life.

Set goals and write a list of things you will need to do in order to accomplish them.

Make each task smaller then your final goal and they will be easier to achieve.

Each time you finish a task you will feel a sense of pride for a job well done.

Then move onto the next one. Each time you achieve a step you will get closer and closer to the finish line.

Start writing your goals now.

Be sure to write goals for your personal life, your business life, your family life and your spiritual life.

You are a strong and capable person and you can do anything you put your mind to.

 

Boost your energy.

Stand up tall and pull your shoulders back.

Say to yourself I am proud of me and I can achieve whatever I put my mind to.

Even better go for a walk around your neighborhood and walk tall and smile all the way.
Focus on what you are going to achieve today and map it out in your mind.

When you return home, write a list of what you will need to do to accomplish your goal.

Start right
away working on your list and you will be done before you
know it.

Pretend you're happy till noon.

The rest of the day will take care of itself. Put a smile on your face right now.

By simply smiling to yourself you can improve your mood. If people ask how are you, say I am great! Even if you are not feeling great at the moment if you keep saying it you will find yourself feeling better.

If you say I am terrible then proceed to tell people why, you only plant the feeling in cement and make them harder to release.

Convince yourself to be happy for 20 minutes at a time and before you know it you really will be.

3 Things You can Do to Keep Your Mind Off Food
1. Grab your kids and go on a nature walk. Make a list of things for the kids to find. ie; 5 different kind of leaves, rocks, 4 leaf clovers, trash that needs to be picked up (take a bag and teach them how to keep our earth clean), or anything you can think of. Not only will this keep you from eating you will get some quality time with the kids.
2. Wiggle those cravings away. Lift your arms up over your head and wiggle your fingers, chew gum, tap your feet, act like your conducting a symphony, just keep wiggling. After a few minutes you will not only lift your spirits you may actually forget you were having a craving not to mention you will be burning extra calories.
3. If you need something for the house or office walk to the store instead of driving. Take along your kids or a friend and make it fun.

Take time to listen and hear to gain a winning personality.
When you truly listen to someone and they know you hear what they are saying, they are more likely to give you a positive response. Communication is very important in a relationship as it's the only way you can work out solutions to problems together. When your partner or friend talks to you, you need to give them your full attention and if you're not sure what they mean ask them by repeating back to them what you think they meant.

When you take time to truly listen to others, they will reciprocate by listening to you when it is your turn to talk.

Only when you can communicate with other in this way will you be able to have a relation that remains happy and peaceful.

Set up a place just for you somewhere in your home.

Take a spare corner with a comfy chair, a spare room or your bedroom. make sure that each person in your house also has there own space.

Put lots of good books, a note pad, pens, music CD's, a CD player and a good reading light in your
area.

Take time out every day to spend some quality alone time in your space.

Make sure everyone in your home knows that when you are in your space you are not to be disturbed.

Enjoy your private sanctuary.

9 Tips to make you feel better
1. Laugh out loud at least once a day.
2. Drink 8 glasses of good water.
3. Read a good book.
4. Do something you really don't want to do and mark it off on your daily checklist. You will feel better just to have it out of the way.
5. Make contact with an old friend you haven't spoken to
for a while.
6. Walk a little bit extra than you normally do.
7. Eat at least five pieces of fruit and vegetables day.
8. Tell someone you love them.
9. Read some great poetry

Here are a few tips that will lower stress in five minutes or less:
Get up and move around.
Walk rapidly around your home or workplace.
Take a quick walk around the block or in the park.
Climbing rapidly up and down a flight of stairs really gets the heart pumping.
Try doing 15 jumping jacks in place.
Stretch while seated at your desk. Link your fingers under a knee and draw it to your chest. Repeat with your other knee. This stretches the legs and the lower back.

You are in control of your own emotions.

You can choose how to react to anything that is happening in your life and whether it will make you happy, sad, angry, frustrated, elated or grateful for the opportunity to learn and grow.
Just as you can choose your own outfit to wear, you can decide to wear a smile even when others around you are complaining or trying to get a rise out of you.
It is ultimately up to you how you will react. Remember that we can always choose happiness it is only a thought away. Realize that thoughts, feelings and emotions can change. Then move on and choose to be happy. Each time someone is trying to upset you, sit up straight, put a big smile on your face and say thanks for your opinion, however I think I will handle it this way or simply ignore them.
You will start to feel better in no time.

Take a time out today for yourself.

Lay down and imagine you are floating on a big fluffy cloud and watching the other clouds float by. Now shake out your arms and legs and then tighten and release them. As your body begins to
relax, you will start to feel a calmness moving throughout your body. Lay there and enjoy it for a while.

Spend some time using positive affirmations that will help you to gain more financial independence.

Here are some toget you started.
I will challenge myself to change today.
I will manage my time better today.
I will handle my finances wisely today.
I will take a risk to grow today.
I will write out my goals to help me gain financial independence.
I deserve to enjoy the fruits of my labor.
I deserve to be rewarded for what I do.
I am able to handle any problem I face.
I experience the excitement of growth daily.

5 Things to be happy about today
Stealing a few minutes to watch the clouds float by
Having your coffee in the park
Going to sleep with a line drawn through every item on your to do list
Completing a project while your still in your robe, and feeling productive all day.
A toddler's imagination

Get some exercise while sitting at your desk to firm up.
Try these simple desk exercises to work out the kinks and get your body in shape at the same time.
Tummy Tightener
To work on your abs, suck in your stomach tight and hold for a count of 10 repeat 10 times. Do this several times a day to tighten abdominal muscles. It provides the same type of contraction as crunches.
Leg Pulley
Hold onto your lower leg just below the knee. Gently pull bent leg toward your chest and isolate a stretch in the side of your upper leg. Makes use of the right arm to pull bent leg toward the opposite shoulder. Hold for 10-20 seconds at easy stretch tension. Do both sides.

Getting motivated to drop a few pounds.

Think about how many pounds you want to lose. Next write down your goals for your program. Make a simple to reach goal for each week. Say, I would like to lose 2 pounds by and put the
date here. If you want to lose 20 pounds that can seem overwhelming, however by saying I want to lose 2 pounds, it seems much easier. Write a plan for what you will need to do to lose that 2 pounds.
For each pound you will need to eat 3500 calories less then you normally do. So if you normally eat 2000 calories a day and want to lose 2 pounds in 1 week you will need to eat 7000 less calories during that week or 1000 calories less per day. Now you know how many calories you can have per
day so simply work out a meal plan with 1000 calories per day.

Take time each day to dance around the house for 15 minutes and you'll burn more calories all day.
When you stick to your goal and lose the first 2 pounds it will make you more motivated to meet your next 2 pound goal.

Good Luck!

Take a few minutes to do something silly.

Turn on the music and grab a pillow. Do the waltz with your pillow and dance all over the room.

Go online and find some site with jokes and have a good laugh. Nothing will make you feel better,
faster then a good laugh or acting silly.

We all need to act a little silly at times. Besides easing stress you will find you have more energy and motivation to deal with your daily chores.

Self confident couples are not jealous.

If you or your partners are jealous of the other, this is a sure indication that your relationship and love are not strong enough to stand the test of time. Jealousy can only tear a relationship apart. In a relationship there is no room for yours or mine, it is always, ours.

When you love somebody you are happy for all their successes and you want to help them through the tough times.

A confident couple has no need for jealousy because they both feel good about themselves and each other.

Remember when your partner is successful it is your success too. Always show support and love to your partner and your relationship will flourish.

 Learn to let go of things that hold you back.

The more you dwell on things from the past the more they hold on and affect your future success and happiness.

Learn to forgive people who have hurt you in the past.

When you hold on to the anger, you are only empowering them.

Once you can forgive and forget you are ready to live a more peaceful life.

Let all your hurts from the past flow from your body and mind and accept that it is over, done with and gone.
You will feel such a sense of relief and each day will be easier without all the anger from the past.

Get a good night's sleep:

Don't drink coffee or eat too late as it makes it difficult to sleep.

Try listening to soothing music as you drift off to sleep.

Don't think about what you need to do the next day.
One thing that works well for me is counting backwards from 600 to zero by 4's, i.e., 600, 596, 592, 588, 584; this makes it very difficult to think of other things that keep you awake.

Do what you love and the money will follow.

I am sure you have heard this before and in most cases it is true. Almost anything you are good at has possibilities for an income source. Your hobbies can bring you unlimited wealth and you will be doing something you love.
* Are you a great cook?
* Do you know everything about fishing?
* Can you fix a car with one hand tied behind your back?
* Do you make fabulous crafts that your friends rave about?
* Are you a marketing whiz?
* Do you know how to get top ratings on the Search Engines?
Anything YOU know is something others want to learn.
Many people want to know what you know! Everyone has something they are good at. You can make money from your knowledge. Don't keep what you know from others, share it, and get paid for it.
Start by making a list of everything you know. Don't worry whether it sounds silly or useless, just keep writing until you have at least 50 things. Now that you have some ideas build on them and start making money with your talents.

Take a Bubble Bath.

Light scented candles all around you, and turn off the lights listen to classical music.

Imagine you're self on a quiet Tropical Island.

See your self relaxing on a great lounge chair while servants take care of your every need.

Reorient your way of thinking and your relationship with yourself.

Learn to appreciate all your talents and skills and love yourself unconditionally.

Remove all negative irrational doubts and fears from your mind and replace them with positive reinforcements about your abilities.

You are capable of developing a healthy opinion of yourself.

Accept yourself for whom you are and realize that you are a special one-of-a-kind person.

3 Things You can Do to Keep Your Mind Off Food
1. Use activity in place of eating. Go to the spa or health club. Clean your house, turn on some music and dance around the house. Walk, run, go swimming, ride a bike, or just keep moving for 20-30 minutes.
2. Do you love to watch television at night but just cannot seem to do it without snacking? Take up needle point, knitting or crocheting. Your hands will be too busy to snack and you can make great gifts for your friends and family they will cherish.
3. Take up yoga to help you get in touch with yourself. Yoga is relaxing and will help burn calories. Doing simple yoga stretches will help keep your mind off of eating.

Create a clearer environment for thinking and making plans for your future.

Make one space in your house where you can do all your planning.

A comfortable chair in the corner of your office or family room would be good.

Get all your stuff together that is needed to do your work.

If you can't leave in this space all the time put it all together in a box that can easily be moved and set up when you are ready to write your goals.

An uncluttered environment will contribute to a more serene mood.

Take a long hot bubble bath to relive stress.

Light some aromatic candles and turn on your favorite music.

Take time to let your mind become relaxed and feel free.

This will help to take away the stress and the problems that take over our body and mind.

Repeat These Self Esteem Affirmation to Yourself Throughout the Day
I have the power to control my health
I am always able to maintain my ideal weight
I enjoy vitality
I am joyful
I am letting go
I am healthy in all aspects of my being
My mind is at peace
I am healthy and happy
I have abundant energy, vitality and well-being
I allow myself to be quiet
I am at peace with myself
I feel absolutely supercharged
I enjoy the food that is good for me
I am in control of my health and well ness
I always treat my body with love and respect
I am filled with energy to do all the daily activities in my life

Take in some silence.

Go somewhere if you have to get away from the noise in the world.

Go to the park early in the morning before anyone else gets there.

Sit back and relax and just try to quiet your mind and keep all thoughts away.
This takes practice and you may need to do it a few times until you can control your thoughts and keep them quiet.
Don't give up.

Once you learn how to do this, do it at least once or twice a week. You will feel an inner peace
like never before.

Getting out of the house and going to visit a friend will help relieve stress.

If you don't have many friends, go out and make some new ones.

Making new friends is something you can do while volunteering your time.

New friends can be made anywhere if you're willing to talk.

You can make friends at the grocery store, the library, gym, or just about anywhere by just opening up and talking to someone.
Once you have met somebody set up a lunch date to get to know them better.

The more friends you make the better your social life will become and the more enjoyable your life
become.

Stop procrastinating.

At times it can be very easy to just say, forget it and let everything go. However if you stop
putting off the small things for more important things into the small things out of the way that he can finally check them off your list. Be sure to get at least several of the small things you need to get accomplished each day. Do them in between the thing's larger more pressing things and
before you know it you will see your list shrinking which will help take some of the pressure off. If you have been trying to start an exercise program, why not try and just do five minutes of exercise a day to start. Next week make it 10 minutes a day and just had five minutes a day each
week until you work it up to thirty minutes a day at least three times a week.

By breaking things up into smaller time slots it makes it easier to get in the habit and make you
less likely to procrastinate.

Help relieve stress by doing yoga or Pilates to concentrate your mind on what your body is doing.

Try using a meditation tape to relax and relieve the stress of the day.
Do some form of meditation every day even if you only have 5 minutes it will help you feel better and make your day go smoother.

Share your happiness with friends and family!

Ask them to share a time that they remember having fun.

Ask them those questions about the activities they were doing at the time and have them explain in detail what exactly made the activities so much fun.

By asking the simple questions of your friends and family they will start remembering good times in their lives and before you know it you will all be sitting around having a great reminiscing about past good times.

Share your favourite moments with am also. Enjoy yourself!

Do you talk yourself into believing you can't do certain things or deal with change?

The mind is a funny thing, if it hears something repeated enough it starts to believe it and acts on it to make it true.

Your mind will not rationalize with what it is convinced of.

Give yourself positive, encouraging statements. Repeat them constantly and your mind will act on them.

Work at feeling good about yourself and become more self reliant.

YOU are a capable person!

Don't allow those inner voices to convince you otherwise.

Accept yourself faults and all.

Everyone makes mistakes.

However, mistakes are not what makes you.

You are a strong confident person who can forgive your mistakes and go on.

Do not put yourself down no matter what. When you have made a mistake, write it down on a piece of paper, then read it quickly.

Now say to yourself.

I am only human and I will make mistakes.

I forgive myself for this mistake and let it go, never to bother me again. Now take the paper and tear it up or run it through a shredder.

Next flush it down the toilet and watch it go away, away from your life and your mind.

You have forgiven yourself and let it go.

This also works for mistakes others have made so you can forgive them.

When you have self confidence, you will have stronger relationship.

When two people are self confident and have many things in common they are sure to have a great relationship and share many happy times together.

If your partner is the only one with confidence and is left to take care of everything including trying to make you feel better about yourself all the time, the relationship is doomed to failure.

Be sure to work out something that you can both agree on when it comes to caring for the house and children.

Never take your partner for granted.

Make your relationship strong by having give and take by both partners and it will stand the test of time.

Do everything you can to better yourself each day and make sure your partner does the same.

By doing this you will have a strong self confident relationship and be much happier.

You must believe in yourself and know that you can achieve any reasonable task.

If you do, you will push away negative attitudes and beliefs and have more self confidence.

You will need to talk yourself into believing that you are a capable person that can finish any assignment.

You cannot be happy or self confident unless you can do this.

Never underestimate yourself or sell yourself short.

Set your aim high and know that you can accomplish it.

Write down how you would like to be in five years and start today making yourself that person.

Do something for yourself today.

When was the last time you spent the whole day doing only what you wanted to do?

Do something you loved when you were a child.

Go for a walk in the mountains or the beach or whatever place you live near that you enjoy.

Stop and enjoy nature.

Smell the flowers, touch the trees, sit in the grass and daydream.

Take time to remember the small things in life that made you happy as a child.

You will feel refreshed and ready to take on the next day with ease.

Be your own life coach.

The next time you feel like turning yourself into a destructive thinker, breath deep and say, I

love myself, just the way I am.

Learn to walk and talk speaking and thinking only about things that will make your life better. If you want to learn something, read books with the information you need to learn.

Set plans and write your goals down and then take the action needed to achieve those goals.

If you catch yourself feeling like your dreams will never come true, stop, and to yourself, yes, my dreams will come true.

Tips to Live By

Talk positively to yourself and others. Don't allow negative thoughts to enter your mind.

Put your desires in writing. You must know what you want to have it.

Exercise regularly.

Eat lots of fruits and veggies and plenty of water.

Get plenty of rest you will feel better when you're getting enough sleep.

Avoid being a perfectionist. It will only frustrate you and hold you back.

Top of page 

Make a list of what is stressing you out and then put them in order of which thing you want to change first.

Start with just one stressor and figure out how you can change your life to make it less stressful.

Once you have removed this stress from your life, cross it off the list and start on the next one.

Be sure to give yourself a well-deserved pat on the back for each one you cross off the list.

You deserve it. By achieving the self-discipline needed to get rid of what stress you can, then you can start enjoying the relaxation you'll be getting.

Think of positive affirmation to say to yourself throughout the day.

Here are some examples.

You will feel better if you do this every day.

I am the best friend I have.

I deserve to love and to be loved.

I am responsible only for my own feelings.

I am a deserving human being.

I love myself for who I am.

I deserve to relax more and take it easy.

Get worry under control.

Worry is an awful emotion that will destroy you if you let it.

Every time you worry your stress level goes up which be detrimental to your health.

If you catch yourself worrying over things, you have no control over, ask yourself, what is the worst thing that can happen if this worry comes to be?

Most time it isn't as bad as you imagine. You need to learn to control your worries and change your thinking to happy, positive thoughts. Learn to keep an open mind and control those negative thoughts.

Find ways to relax and focus on other things and you will have a happier, healthier life.

You Are the Master of Your Own Destiny

Feeling troubled by low self-esteem?

Here are some suggestions to help.

Choose the ones that are most relevant to your situation and work on them.

Don't expect immediate change from yourself.

Be patient change takes time and work.

Use oils to relieve your stress.

The oils that are used when practicing Aromatherapy open up the pores of our skin and works it's way through our system. By massaging these oils in your skin you can improve blood circulation, pain and tension.

A good oil for aches and pains, sore muscles or insomnia is Chamomile Roman oil. Geranium or Jasmine oils are excellent to soften dry skin. Lavender can be used to help sore tired muscles and if you put a drop on your pillow case will help you get a peaceful nights sleep.

By smelling peppermint it will help your mind and body. To help your self confidence and nervous system, smell rose oil. Rosemary is great for tired and sore muscles. Sandlewood is good for relaxation and meditation and helps to keep the immune system healthy too.

When choosing to practice an Aromatherapy treatment make sure to read all labels including the warning signs. These oils are very strong and can be dangerous in some situations.

Write one affirmation word on several 3 x 5 cards...

Write one affirmation word on several 3 x 5 cards and put them all over the house to see throughout the day. Here are some suggested words to use, or figure out your own to go along with your goals.

• Bright
• Creative
• Enjoyable
• Intelligent
• Capable
• Strong
• Smart
• Quick
• Peaceful
• Giving
• Loving
• Responsible
• Caring
• Successful
• Hopeful
• Calm
• Problem solver
• Pretty
• Relaxed

Keep your emotional needs in check.

You do not need to live up to other people's expectations of you.

Live your life based on your ethics, morals, ideals and goals and happiness will follow.

Just because someone doesn't agree with your choices, doesn't mean they are wrong.

The only person that can make choices for you is you.

If your friends do not have the same desires to be happy as you and are always trying to belittle you and make you feel as bad as they do, it is time to look for new friends.

You deserve to be happy.

Do you feel responsible for the happiness of another person?

If you accept that you are responsible for other people's problems you take away the right for them to own it.

Learning to deal with the consequences of one's behavior is part of being an adult.

Own only your own problems and you'll have more time for positive, useful activities.

Take time to think about what you want to accomplish.

Take a step every day toward meeting your goal.

It doesn't matter whether you have the time or money to do it now, by getting ready to do it and focusing on it often.

Your mind will help you find the means.

Example: You want to take a vacation to Hawaii.

Go to the travel agent and get the brochures on Hawaii

Plan a date for the trip

Look through catalogues for your wardrobe for the trip and choose the clothes you are going to buy.

If you have children, determine who is going to watch them while you're away.

Put together your list of everything you need to pack.

Imagine yourself lying on the beach, looking at the sights, and totally relaxing.

Try it! You'll be lying on the beach in no time.

Take a class on something you have always wanted to learn.

As you learn new things you will gain confidence and feel a sense of accomplishment.

Knowledge is POWER.

Get some today!

Develop new skills.

Learning a new skill will build your self esteem and give you new insight.

Be nice to other people.

Make a list of things that you like and admire about other people and tell them.

You will make their day.

Making other people feel good will brighten your day too.

Add a few drops of calming aroma...

Add a few drops of calming aroma to Canola or Sunflower oil, smooth on temples or earlobes.

Exercise; It increases blood flow, bringing more oxygen to your brain and un kinks tight muscles.

To ease kinks out of shoulders and upper body, while sitting at your desk, alternate each arm, reaching toward the ceiling.

Do this for five minutes.

Challenge yourself.

A great way to build self confidence is to take on a new project that you have never worked on before.

Find something you have always wanted to know how to do and learn how to do it.

Read everything you can about it and do it with passion.

Take a class if you need to and make sure to go to every class and really get involved.

Even if you fail, you will feel better about yourself because you know you put yourself out there to learn something new.

Remember the old saying, if at first you don't succeed, try, try again.

By doing something new you will feel proud of yourself when you accomplish it.

Develop your self confidence by adopting an "I Can" attitude.

Self confident people make more money because they are an asset to the company they work for.

They are able to take on more responsible activities at work and achieve them.

They are more productive and help build the company.

Because of this their employers, are willing to increase their income.

Whenever you are faced with a task, tell yourself I can do this and then work to achieve it.

The more you believe in yourself the stronger and more confident you will become and it will reflect in your income.

Take several dozen candles from the Dollar Store which you can get for 3-4 for a dollar and spell out "RELAX " ...

Take several dozen candles from the Dollar Store which you can get for 3-4 for a dollar and spell out "RELAX " with them on a fire proof surface of course and light them all.

Now turn off the lights and watch them and say to relax, relax over and over again out loud and then to yourself.

Let your mind release all your stress and anxiety. Be sureto buy a scent that you love.

Take time to have some fun.

Have you forgotten how to have fun because it has been so long since you just planned a day for it and did it?

Plan a weekend excursion. Go to a museum, sporting event, camping, fishing, a comedy club or somewhere else you went in the past that you remember as being fun.

It has been proven in studies that having fun on a regular basis is imperative to happiness.

Try to get a group of friends or family together and make it fun for everyone.

By doing activities that you enjoy more often you will find you will also enjoy other aspects of your life more also.

Add a little romance to your relationship

1. Romance your partner by telling them how you feel. Make a list of things you love about your partner. Have them make one too. Then turn down the lights, light lots of candles and read your lists to each other. 

2. Take turns tickling each others back. One night can be your turn and the next night can be your partner's turn.

3. Lay in bed together and snuggle, start behind your partner and tickle their stomach. Next flip over and let your partner tickle your stomach.

Relax by using aromatherapy.

You can try aromatic oils, lotions and creams and massage them into your skin to relax and feel refreshed. Messaging will help you to relax when you are stressed. Try taking a hot bath with essential oils or bubble bath, light candles and put on some soothing music. The hot water will relax your aching muscles after ahard day at work. You will feel a new sense of relaxation.

Encourage yourself, your friends and family instead of criticizing.

Give yourself or others an enthusiastic "Way to Go!" Visualize a positive outcome and you will get it.

Establish goals based on what you can realistically achieve. Take it one step at a time and encounter any problems as a learning experience and keep on going until you reach it. Perfectionism is not necessary and invites stress and failure.

Avoid it!

Sit with your left foot resting over ...

Sit with your left foot resting over the thigh of your right leg, so your leg form a figure 4. Hold your left ankle with one hand and slowly rotate the foot clockwise with the other hand in small to large circles. Reverse the motion counter clockwise.

Next, grab your foot from the sides with both hands. Begin to stroke lengthwise up and down your sole, firmly pressing into it with your thumbs. After you've finished with the long strokes, use your thumbs to make a series of small circles up and down the sole.

Don't forget to keep your fingers working along the arch.

Gently separate and pull each toe sideways, then forward and back.

Then work the other foot.

Keep your motivation up for having a fun day by not letting anything bring you down.

Be determined that no matter what else happens, you will have fun today. When you wake up say I am going to have fun today. I am going to enjoy today and nothing is going to get me down. Look deep inside yourself and find the motivation to keep yourself positive and happy. If you think your day is going to be just like every other day and you start it thinking, well it's just another day, then your day will wind up being the same as every other day. It is up to you to stay positive and motivated and say yes, I am ready for today and I am going to have fun.

Take a good look at your relationships.

Do you have friends that are negative and having a bad influence on your self confidence?

If your relationships seem to be more of a burden then enjoyable, you may be better off without those

friends. Look for some new friends that have positive attitudes and enjoy the same things you do.

Find people to associate with that will help build your self confidence and are more supportive. You want to form a group of self confident, positive friends that you can support and in turn who support you.

Why not have some chocolate today?

I know you are thinking, hey, I thought I was supposed to eat healthy? Well in case you haven't heard the latest studies, pure dark chocolate contains high amounts of catechins which is an antioxidant that is healthy for your heart. So now you can actually eat a little chocolate every day and still stay healthy. Does it get much better then that? Enjoy!

Do you allow others to make you feel bad or guilty?

Only you can control your feelings and emotions. Take back your right to feel how you want too about the situation.

Don't give anyone the power to control your God given right to feel how YOU feel.

You are the master of your emotion's take control of them.

Take a course on effective communication to learn more on dealing with this.

Do you allow others to make you feel bad or guilty?

Only you can control your feelings and emotions.

Take back your right to feel how you want too about the situation.

Don't give anyone the power to control your God given right to feel how YOU feel. You are the master of your emotion's take control of them.

Take a course on effective communication to learn more on dealing with this.

Take chances in your life.

Unless a bad out come of the chances you take could result in death, why not go for it?

Whenever you want to do something that frightens you to start for fear of failure, ask yourself, what's the worst thing that can happen if I don't achieve this?

Will my life end?

NO!

Will I be exiled from existence?

NO!

So, what's the worst thing that can happen?

I will learn something new, gain new insight, may accomplish it and feel wonderful. Hey!

Not a bad deal. Do it!

Use your own creative energy.

Take a walk in the park or go to a museum and really look at things and imagine them differently than you ever have before.

Give each thing you see a new name. Imagine it has a different purpose than you were taught.

Write down anything you find amusing about your new names and descriptions and visualize new uses for them.

Do this everywhere you go, you never know what you may come up with.

You may invent something new.

Would you rather live a "have to" life or a "want to" life?

In life there are many obligations you have to do, things you really don't enjoy doing. However, if you use some creative imagination you can learn how to convert the have to into a want to.

If you have to wash the dishes, make it fun.  Turn on the music loud and sing along while you wash. It will go much faster and won't seem so much like a chore.

Do this with all you have tos and before you know it, your have to things will be just as easy as your want to things.

Be open to change and new ideas when looking at your list of goals.

It never hurts to keep updating your goals to match with the times.

Check your goals and if a change needs to be made to make it work better, then by all means make the changes.

Get other people to give you feedback on your ideas and thoughts.

Read your goals and evaluate them to see if the list you have made will lead to the goals you have in mind.

Check to see if the plan includes the newest technology and trends to make your goal work.

Spend time each day working toward finishing all the tasks on your list and your goal will surely become a reality.

Take out a piece of paper and write down ten good things...

Take out a piece of paper and write down ten good things that have happened to you or for you in the past 24 hours.

For each thing you right down add "For this I give thanks" to the end.

Some examples are . . .

I had a great meal

I slept well last night

I had a wonderful relaxing bath

You will be surprised just how great a day you really had.

Sometimes we do not notice every little thing and when we have a bad day we forget to appreciate the simple things.

Make a habit of noticing the little things and you will learn to be happier each day.

Never underestimate yourself.

If you have been thinking about starting a new business or job and then catch

yourself thinking, oh I don't know how to do this or that to make this work.

Don't give up. You can always learn something new. Never tell yourself that you cannot go further in life just because you do not at this time have all the skills to do it.

If you are sick of working at the same job that you hate every day, you can get a new one even if you need to learn something new. You are never too old to learn. Write down everything you need to know how to do in order to start that new business or get that job and then mark off the things you already know how to do.

This will just leave what you want to learn.

You can do it never give up.

Visualization

Most successful people use visualization to help them become a success.

If you want to earn a million dollars this year, see yourself as already being in possession of the money.

Imagine all the things you will do with it and see yourself doing these things. If you have a dream house get a picture of it and imagine you already live in it.

Imagine how you will decorate each room. Go online and search through the furniture sites and print out a picture of beautiful rooms and hang them around on the walls to give you something to visualize.

If you want a fancy new car or boat get pictures of them and hang them up.

Imagine how you feel driving your new car or boat and where you will go.

The more you use visualization to make your dreams a reality the more your

mind will help you to come up with the way to achieve them.

Ask self what makes you feel sad?

What will it take to make you feel good about your self?

Do you have the ability to find your true happiness?

What truths are you storing in your mind that brings you joy?

Ask yourself what makes you angry?

Do you feel insecure? Do you have doubts? What are your fears?

What makes you laugh, cry, or hurt?

Do you look to outside sources for your happiness?

Do you find yourself saying when I get that new job, a baby, the new house, a new car etc. then I will be happy?

If so look inside yourself and learn how to feel an inner peace to bring you happiness instead of depending on outside sources.

Once you discover the elements within you that make you laugh, cry, hurt and so forth, you can next ask self what it takes to keep that jo