Emotional Habits - 50 Positive Habits - Michael Chapman

50 Positive Habits: Transform you Life - Michael Chapman (2016)

Emotional Habits

To be a success you need to be in full control of your emotions. However, most people can struggle to get to this point - so, in this section, I’ve broken down some of the tips I used to get there. Positive actions and changes in your life needs to have a strong baseline behind it and it’s something that matters massively for a strong, secure lifestyle.

To make you are affecting your life in as many ways as you can try and use some of the topics and tips below that I used to balance and alleviate your minds madness!

Meditate for Success

Why Will This Help Me Become More Positive?

As I continued to try and change elements of my personal life, one of the major issues that I found was that my mind was always full - meditation helps.

Applying The Action For Increased Positivity

This is the magic of meditation; there is no set one way to do it, no magic trick. You do it in the way that suits you best, nobody else.

How Often Should I Practice?

Every single day. It has been the single greatest change that I have made to my life - meditation has helped me to clear my mind of junk, and become more positive.

Life Without This Change

I genuinely don’t want to go back to that - and once you have meditated, neither will you. Concentration, motivation and overall ability to succeed goes through the roof when meditating.

Life With This Change

Life with the change that this will bring is like a new beginning entirely - it changed my entire perspective on the world. Now, I’m more upbeat and take considerations seriously.

Diaphragmatic Breathing

Why Will This Help Me Become More Positive?

I began to use diaphragmatic breathing two years ago and it has helped me to calm down, take stock of situations, and deal with situations in a mature, rational manner.

Applying The Action For Increased Positivity

All you need to do is learn how to take deep breaths in a slow manner. We all have our own preference of depth and time, so check online to find help in diaphragmatic breathing in a way you feel comfortable with.

How Often Should I Practice?

Every day - once you get the knack of this breathing technique you’ll want to be using it all the time. It’s a great way to clear the mind and just break free of your struggles for a moment.

Life Without This Change

I found that my days were more hectic and that I would go from one problem to the next. This allows me to analytically solve problems.

Life With This Change

I feel happier, healthier, more confident when in trouble, and sharper than ever before!

Walking Meditation

Why Will This Help Me Become More Positive?

A simple technique that I was shown by a friend was to go through with the practice of daily walking meditation, which is a skill I’ve been using every day.

Applying The Action For Increased Positivity

The easiest way to learn about walking meditation is to check out this guide. In the guide you’ll see how it can help you out in general and improve function.

How Often Should I Practice?

Basically, I practiced this every day for about two months. From there I started to really change the way that I was operating and soon became far more comfortable dealing with tricky subjects.

Life Without This Change

I believe that without this change I would still be quite erratic and likely to walk into errors that could have been avoided. With the help of this form of meditation, it’s easier to get mental clarity even when busy.

Life With This Change

Now, problems are no longer such an obstacle as I approach them with a rested, balanced mind.

Identifying Emotions

Why Will This Help Me Become More Positive?

A major issue that I and many others face is a struggle to portray and understand our emotions. Does this sound like a problem you are facing? Then simple identification helps.

Applying The Action For Increased Positivity

Take four or five words to describe how you feel, and research them all online. By doing this I find it easier to identify where I’m at emotionally.

How Often Should I Practice?

I now do this on a daily basis - it just helps me to work out where I am in my mind. A re-framing of the thought can be enough to make it easier to get through a problem with minimal fuss.

Life Without This Change

Life without this kind of change is quite tough; I would find it hard to revert now. However, it mainly helps as it allows me to know exactly how I really feel.

Life With This Change

Now, I am less likely to react negatively to a situation, instead being able to analyze before deciding.

Putting Perspective Together

Why Will This Help Me Become More Positive?

One of the most important elements of those days where negativity is winning is to take 10 minutes just to put things into perspective, helping me appreciate success and failure.

Applying The Action For Increased Positivity

The reason why this matters to me so much is because it’s so easy; simply take a look at your own situation, and Google it. I guarantee you’ll find someone in a far worse situation, unable to get out from it.

How Often Should I Practice?

I do this on the days when I feel like I cannot muster any positivity. A bit of perspective helps us realize just how much we appear to be overblowing situations.

Life Without This Change

Life without going through this change would be pretty tough now! Such a simple way of reflecting my insecurities can be immensely powerful.

Life With This Change

Now, I’m less likely to get caught up in invalidated wallowing and am more likely to strive on, battle through, and find an active solution.

5 Minute Breaks

Why Will This Help Me Become More Positive?

How often do you find that your mind is shot but you try and work on? I’ve wasted many hours of my life doing this. Simply stopping for a 5 minute break can help you avoid this problem.

Applying The Action For Increased Positivity

The break is easy to apply - shut the screen, lock the PC, and close your eyes. If you work physically, just take a brief moment to close your eyes and work out what’s next.

How Often Should I Practice?

I used to do this most days, and it eventually became a habit. For every hour that you work a quick five minute resting of the eyes allows you to recalibrate before continuing.

Life Without This Change

You’ll likely find yourself working at half capacity when you feel tired, which is a common reason why we all feel o negative.

Life With This Change

If you make this change, you’ll be far less likely to actually continue making mistakes and will be more accurate when working.

You Are What You Eat

Why Will This Help Me Become More Positive?

Many of us look to blame our bodies for putting on weight. Accepting that our food plays a critical role in life is a simple starting point for positive thinking.

Applying The Action For Increased Positivity

The idea here is simple - look at what you eat, and realize how much it plays a part in how you feel. What we eat determines how we feel during the day, after all!

How Often Should I Practice?

Take a note of what you eat for two weeks, as well as brief nots on how you felt. Record how your food appears to be affecting or limiting your emotions, and whether it may have to change.

Life Without This Change

Life without putting this change in place can be quite tough to come to come to terms with. Your lack of mobility and your overall quality of life will be reduced as you never address why you feel that way.

Life With This Change

Life becomes easier when we eat right - simple! If you give your body the right kind of nutrition and help, then it’s bound to get through the day better. If we feed our bodies right, then problems and negativity will be less of a burden to fix. If there is one part you should introduce into your life, it’s diet planning!

Handling Negative Emotions

Why Will This Help Me Become More Positive?

Handling negative emotions and confronting why they exist is better for the mind and the soul than just letting them fester. Remember these emotions are only temporary.

Applying The Action For Increased Positivity

Every time you feel yourself going down this kind of mental path, remind yourself it only lasts for a while. Sadness is never permanent; especially with a mindset against it.

How Often Should I Practice?

Every time you feel sad or down. The more you remind yourself that it’s a fleeting emotion and not how you permanently feel then life becomes so much easier later.

Life Without This Change

You’ll likely continue to feel like your emotions in the moment should define your day. By using emotions in this way you also greatly limit how far you can go.

Life With This Change

However, making the change means that when negative emotions come along they are less likely to hold you back as you know that, in time, these feelings will pass along.

Sitting Outside

Why Will This Help Me Become More Positive?

I found that simply ten minutes of time spent around nature reminded me how beautiful the world that we live in can be, when we stop concentrating on the negativity around us.

Applying The Action For Increased Positivity

The easiest one yet; just go and sit outside! Leave the phone inside and just appreciate the world around you. Listen to the animals and just enjoy tranquility.

How Often Should I Practice?

Every day that you have time and weather permits. Spending time outside in the world can be great for just letting the world pass you buy and letting your mind reset.

Life Without This Change

You’ll continue to live your life in strict in|out methods. Instead, try and concentrate on less binary thinking and spend a little bit of each day outside enjoying reality.

Life With This Change

This improves mentality massively as you should find it much easier to appreciate where you are at as a person whilst also helping your mind slow down a little bit.

Mental Redirection

Why Will This Help Me Become More Positive?

Do you find yourself always going to the negative first? Then look at the thoughts prior to the negativity; what caused it?

Applying The Action For Increased Positivity

Basically, I found by just looking at what took me down a negative path I could find solutions and avoid that in future.

How Often Should I Practice?

It’s hard; in my mind it happens a lot. Just re-directing the horror of a problem to why it occurred can be very useful, though.

Life Without This Change

You’ll just continue to feel upset and angry, never looking at why negativity wins.

Life With This Change

If you change, you can start challenging negativity and finding solutions to what causes this thinking.