Get What You Want Using Visualization

2022-10-19 ~ adminlife

How do you intend to get what you want out of your life?

You probably have many wants, some simple like losing a small amount of weight, while others may be a lot more complex, like changing careers. You can use the same techniques whether you have large or small goals.

The technique is visualize what you want. You need to picture, in detail, in your mind your goal so that you can manifest this change. Doing this may look and sound difficult, but it is fairly easy. There really are only five simple steps to follow.

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Get fully engaged in the vision. You have to be fully engaged in the vision and put yourself into it as much as possible. This involves using all of your emotions so that you can experience the vision that makes it real to you. You can’t hold back.

Use different point of view. How does this visualization feel? First connect the emotions to the actions by experiencing it as yourself. Feel every part of the visualization. After, step back and watch it as though you were watching yourself in a movie. Doing this will enable you to see some details you might have missed.

Live your success. You now need to start to live your success after you have done the visualization. You have to behave, think, move and act like the person at the end of your vision.

The message needs to be reinforced. To be successful, your visualization needs back-up. The world is full of negative influences that can take root in your mind. By keeping your self-talk positive and using affirmations, you will be constantly reinforcing your vision of success instead of destroying it.

Make your vision real to you. Create a vision board or some other method to remind yourself of your vision. Put this somewhere where you will be constantly reminded of the experiences you felt when you visualized. Your resolve to achieve your goals will be reinforced by seeing the board over and over.

When you follow these steps, your dream will be becoming a lot more solid. There is work required to actually achieve what you want. You do get a clear idea of where you want to be and the path to take when you visualize.

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Victim of Circumstances or of Your Own Thinking

2022-10-12 ~ adminlife

Your circumstances are impacted by your inner world. Your thoughts, emotions and actions are affected by your beliefs. Your life is created by your actions. Many of your thoughts and your emotions are habitual and some of your beliefs may be unfounded. You can affect your experiences when you change any of your internal components.

Your inner world is under your control but it can still be challenging to make changes.

When you make changes in your mind, changes in your life will follow.

Experience gratitude at the start and end of your day. You can easily focus on those things you don’t have, but you should spend some time in the morning and before going to bed thinking about the blessings in your life.

You will brighten up your mood and increase the good things that will come into your life when you focus on the positive.

Look for solutions. You make a mistake if you focus too much time on your problems. You feel helpless and terrible. This also doesn’t help you to solve the challenges that you are facing. When you find something going wrong in your life you should move to solution-finding mode.

You have many options available to help you make a positive change.

Take care of yourself. A common cause of depression has been identified as undiagnosed heart disease. You look at the world differently when your body is not right. Your feelings guide your life. Your emotions can mislead you when your health is compromised.

Keep yourself grounded in reality. Many people are living in a fantasy world. You may be thinking about your past or you may be speculating about your future. By living wisely and well in the present moment, you will have a joyous future you are hoping for.

Life is going by 24/7 and the actions that you are taking now will determine your life in the future. If your mind is somewhere else, you can’t act today.

Positive affirmations should be used. Throughout the day give yourself a great gift by using positive self-talk and having positive thoughts. Negative emotions come from negative thoughts while positive emotions will fill you when you have positive thoughts. You can change your world when you have positive thoughts.

Know your beliefs. List the beliefs that you believe are holding you back and question them. Where did this belief come from? Do you know it is accurate? Could this belief be false? What information do you have to support this belief?

Keep track of your thoughts. Set an alarm for 60 minutes and when it goes off, go over how you were using your mind over that hour.

What were you thinking about during that hour? Did you remain focused on your work? Were you focusing on a personal item? Were you using your mind to help you plan a better future?
You can help yourself to stay focused by measuring yourself every hour. If you only check yourself once a day, it is very easy to get back into your old patterns.

Meditate. There are many physical and mental benefits to meditating. Meditation can reduce your stress and strengthen your health. It can also help to correct your false beliefs and let you focus and gain clarity. There is a huge and positive effect on your life when you meditate. Each day you should schedule some meditation time.

Many people think that they are victims of circumstances whereas they are actually victims of their own thinking. It doesn’t matter how bad your life is now, there is someone who was in an even worse position at the start and ended up leading an incredible life. You can change your outer world by changing your inner world.

When you learn what is controlling you it is possible to change your world. You must take control of your inner thoughts.

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Signs You Are Actually Doing Better Than You Think

2022-10-06 ~ adminlife

Many people think that they are doing a lot worse than they actually are. Many people are just more pessimistic than others. Unless you are looking for it, progress can be hard to see.

You are probably mistaken if you think you are working really hard with very little to show for your work. You are really doing a lot better than you think you are.

There are some positive signs that you can look for to see how good you are doing.

You are learning from every mistake and failure. You will become very successful in a short period of time when you learn something from every mistake and failure.

A lot of people keep making the same errors. They keep repeating their behaviours. You can make the choice to act differently when you find yourself in a situation that is similar to past situations.

You know what it is that you want. This is half of the battle. If you know what you want, you have a huge advantage over others. Many people just float through life aimlessly.

You make good use of your time. Good things happen when you spend your time wisely. If you spend your time poorly, it can lead to a train wreck of a life.

Ask yourself what the best use of your time is before deciding on doing something, then do what is best.

Your progress is constant. A great sign is making regular, consistent progress. You may feel that you are still very far from your goal, but you only need to make regular progress. While you may have been on a diet for years and haven’t lost any weight, just losing a pound a week is progress and becomes meaningful over time.

You are consistent. If you are successful, you put in some work daily. You can’t be successful by working hard for a day occasionally.

By being consistent, you are also sticking to your goals. You are going nowhere when you work on one goal for a short time then change your mind and work on something else.

You are not alone. Some people are alone in the world. You are doing a lot better than others if you are not alone.

Be optimistic. There is hope when you are optimistic. When you are optimistic, you will take action towards achieving your goals.

You become stuck very quickly when you have low expectations. You think that you are wasting your time to put in any effort.

You are determined. A good sign that you are going places is showing commitment. When you are determined, good things happen.

Other people’s opinions don’t worry you. You won’t do anything significant when you care too much about what other people think of you. You will want to play it safe. You need to leave their opinions behind you.

You have a warm and dry place to sleep. You know how nice this is when you have had to go without it. You are doing better than you think if you don’t have to deal with this situation.

You are working. It is a great thing to have a steady income. It is difficult for some people to find a source of steady employment. While you may be earning less than you would like to, earning anything is a lot better than earning nothing.

You have your health. If you are healthy, you are better off than a lot of people. Having good health is a huge blessing.

Today, our society is easy in many areas but it can be challenging in many others. There is a high priority on being successful, but other things are important as well. Having friends, a warm bed and a job are also relevant.

You are doing well when you know what you want to achieve and you are wisely spending your time. Even if you haven’t seen the results you want, have faith and keep going.

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Stop Overthinking

2022-09-29 ~ adminlife

Do you regularly go over the same thought or situations in your own mind? You are not alone if you do this. You are part of the group of people who go through periods of overthinking. While you should think things through once in a while, doing it regularly can be counterproductive. It could even be harmful to you.

You can stop this practice of overthinking.

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Recognize when you are doing it. You need to identify those thoughts or the situations that are triggering this overthinking. Before you can stop it, you need to know when it is happening.

For some, overthinking happens in specific situations. This could be being under pressure at work or it could be when dealing with a personal issue.
For other people it is more general as when they are feeling stressed or anxious
When you can identify what is causing you to overthink, you become more aware of it occurring and can start to prevent it.

Get your thoughts onto paper. When you are overthinking, writing down your thoughts is helpful. This clears your head and you can see the situation a lot more objectively.

You can also identify patterns, like negative thinking or self-doubt when you write things down.
Using a journal may be useful for keeping track of your thoughts and the progress you make if you overthink regularly.

Before addressing an overthinking situation, relax and calm down. When you have identified your overthinking triggers, you needed to take time to relax before you attempt to address them when they occur.

Thinking clearly allows you to make better decisions. You can use many different methods to relax, take a break and do something you enjoy for instance.
You can exercise or go for a walk in nature. Taking deep breaths or listening to calming music also works well. You could try aromatherapy or relax in a warm bath. Writing in a journal can also help.

You can see things more clearly by getting another perspective. Talking to someone else can be helpful when you start overthinking. You can gain a different perspective and see things more clearly.

The person you choose should be someone you trust and is willing to listen without judgment. You may find it helpful to talk to a professional like a therapist or counsellor. You can reduce the frequency of your overthinking by talking about it.
You can start the conversation just by explaining that you are struggling with overthinking and you want to talk about it. Just be honest about your feelings and what is going on internally.
Ask for their opinions and you need to listen to their reply without judgment.

Focus on the present not the past or future. You can concentrate on the everyday things which can make you more aware of your thoughts and feelings.

This can stop you from overthinking and see that your thoughts are just thoughts.

It is possible to break your overthinking habit. You can stop overthinking quickly by recognizing the thoughts and the situations that are the triggers. By talking with someone, writing things down and using the technique of elimination. You can break the overthinking cycle.

It may be helpful to keep a journal of your thoughts and the progress you make in a journal. Give yourself time to calm down after you have identified the ideas or situations that have triggered your overthinking before you address them. You will think a lot more clearly and make better decisions.

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Triggers to Your Procrastination

2022-09-21 ~ adminlife

According to Teddy Roosevelt, unless what you are doing involves effort, pain and difficulty, it isn’t worth doing. Do you think that way? You may respond that all of that is just “hogwash” if you have ever experienced the following.

The agony experienced by trying to compress a whole semester of studying into one night
The suffering you face when you scramble at the last minute to meet any work deadlines
The agony of having a large pile of dirty clothes because you continually put off doing your laundry.

We can assign these activities to procrastinators who may say this. Procrastination isn’t worthwhile yet it does involve the aspects of pain, difficulty and effort.

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If procrastination is so painful, why is it done by so many people? You may have wondered this if you know a procrastinator or admit that you are a procrastinator.

Why do people procrastinate? Psychology can help look into the minds of procrastinators.

Procrastination Psychological Factors

There are various factors that can cause procrastination. While procrastinators know their behaviour, they just can’t change.

Little structure. It is a skill to be able to organize your tasks while taking your habits and your behaviours into consideration. This is a skill that procrastinators usually lack. If you can keep order of your past, present and future, you can usually manage your time well.

A person who cannot do this cannot plan what actions they need to dedicate time to. They can’t put in the time necessary to complete an activity.
They cannot focus and delay the tasks they must complete. You become a procrastinator when you build a habit of delaying tasks.

Fear and anxiety. When you can’t see the top of the clothes mountain, the task can seem challenging. When you confess this to yourself you feel uneasy.

You can be paralyzed by the fear of the results of your work or what is necessary to achieve your task. This results in your inability to complete a task and the result is procrastination.

No motivation. Motivation has been called by some people, the driving force behind getting what needs to be done and finished. Motivation can be either internal or external. A crucial psychological factor is internal motivation.

Motivation helps you decide whether you can complete a task. We all want fulfillment and pleasure in our life. If your task benefits you this way, you will want to do it.
You will not want to do a task if the work does not provide you with any rewards. You will lack motivation if you dislike a task. You will defer working on a task when you feel this way.

Perfectionism. Trying to hold up a heavy object isn’t easy. It is even difficult to move the object because of the pressure exerted. This strain is also what perfectionism puts on you if you suffer from it.

You have a high expectation of yourself if you are a perfectionist. You may not be able to complete a task to your high standards though.
A perfectionist won’t settle for their best. You may not want to fail in meeting your own high expectations. To make sure that you don’t fail at the task, you may postpone any work on that task
You may spend time thinking on how to finish the task to be able to meet your high standard. For people who procrastinate, perfectionism is a very relevant and proven psychological factor.

These are some of the whys of procrastination. You can start to overcome this self-defeating habit when you gain knowledge of the factors. You will be a lot happier when you can live a life of less effort, pain a difficulty.

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