Are you satisfied with your life? If not, what are you doing to change the situation?
Do you believe that you cannot do anything and that you must accept things as they are?
Maybe you think making changes is too difficult because there are too many obstacles that discourage you from even trying.
The truth is that you can improve the quality of your life, even without having any special goals. Even small changes count.
Making small changes in your life is easier and faster than making big changes, and they give you the motivation and encouragement to make bigger changes.
In this article, I would like to focus on a few simple tips and actions that can improve your life in a little way and make you feel more satisfied.
I am not speaking about major changes, such as changing careers, moving to another city, or doing things that require a lot of money, time, and effort.
These tips aim not to help you make big changes in your life but small changes that you can easily initiate. I am referring to small things that are mostly under your control; therefore, there is no reason why you should be unable to make them.
Making changes in life might seem difficult. However, the difficulty might only be in the mind.
This article offers 6 tips. Why only 6? There is no special reason. You can add as many as you want.
Tips for Making Small Changes in Your, to Make Life More Interesting
1) Wake up each morning 30 minutes earlier than usual. You may go to sleep 30 minutes earlier than the previous night to have enough sleeping hours.
What would you gain by waking up 30 minutes earlier?
You will have time for meditation, breakfast, or reading a book (not a newspaper). These activities will certainly make you more relaxed during the day, at least for a few hours.
If you are always late to work, and this causes you stress and tension, you will be able to start earlier on your way to work, and you will, therefore, not be late.
2) Have a tasty, pleasant breakfast. A lot of people hurry to work, just having a cup of coffee, bread with something, or cereals. If you set aside a few more minutes for your breakfast, and eat without hurry, you will enjoy it more, and feel great afterwards.
3) Find 5-10 minutes to be alone in the morning, before you go to work. If you can’t do that at home, then sit in your car, before you drive to work, or at the parking lot at work.
Use the time to think about what you want to do today for yourself. Think about the small things you can do today to improve your life, or about things that can add joy to your life. For better results, have a pen and a sheet of paper handy, to write this down.
It is important that you don’t feel frustrated, if you couldn’t do everything wrote down. Just stay calm and positive, and try to do tomorrow, what you didn’t do today.
4) Eat at regular times. Do not skip a meal or postpone it for later because you are too busy.
Eating on time is important for your health. Besides, when hungry, it is easy to get angry and nervous.
Exercise self discipline and stop what you are doing and have a meal. Sometimes, people just can’t stop what they are doing, or want to do more before having a break. Eventually they get edgy because their body did not get on time the nourishment it needs.
5) Shorten your daily TV intake! Shorten the hours you sit in front of your TV. Don’t turn your mind into mashed potatoes. Be more selective with the programs you watch and the time you spend watching TV.
6) Do ordinary things in a different way. This will help you develop the ability to make bigger changes in your life and put more interest into your life. This behavior will also bring new opportunities into your life.
Examples of Making Changes in Life
- Eat a different breakfast in the morning.
- Take a different route to work.
- Go to sleep at a different hour, earlier or later, from the hour you usually go to sleep.
- Choose to watch a TV program that you never watch (a program that adds to your knowledge and understanding).
- Go to a new restaurant, where you have never eaten before.
- Talk with a neighbor or someone at work, whom you usually try to avoid.
You can add anything else you can think of to this list of tips. The changes you make, will add interest and zest into your life, and would awaken the desire to do bigger things. Your faith that you can make changes and improvements will also grow.
Making Changes in Life Quotes
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.”
– Maya Angelou
“Change your thoughts and you change your world.”
– Norman Vincent Peale
“I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.”
– Aldous Huxley
“Stop waiting for the “right time” or until circumstances force you to alter your life. Instead, initiate changes and become the leader of your life.”
Do you want to make changes and improvements in your life? Read the book Manifest and Achieve.
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