Guidelines for a better life in the New Year

If you are not, in order to be, you must know what you need for happiness, and at this moment you lack it. If you lack nothing for happiness, be happy from this moment on.

Marina DrobnjakovicB.Sc. psychologist and psychotherapeutic counselor

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Surely there is something that you would change about yourself or in your life, but that something is still unchanged. Clients always say they want change and hope for it, but often they don’t allow it to actually happen, because a step towards change is a step into the unknown and new.

After getting used to a certain situation or problem, it can be especially difficult for you to get going. Fortunately, after the first step, each subsequent one is much easier and more pleasant.

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Reflecting on life decisions and choices is OK.

A healthy and mature man is aware of himself and what he (doesn’t) want. However, many today are afraid of life and everything that, by the nature of things, makes it far more than what is natural and healthy. So much so that they decide not to move from where they are now, and standing still is, in a way, stepping backwards.

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A step forward in life is often a step towards more responsibility and obligations, but it is also, so often, a step towards a new, higher quality of life.

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Life is best practiced by living.

What we decide, can and want to change, do or learn for us, no one else can change, do or learn. And it’s lucky that it is, otherwise our lives wouldn’t be ours. We sincerely thank you for that fact sooner or later.

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Life works somehow in such a way that it chooses not to support and reward us when we cling to something or someone, fearing to lose that something or someone and imagine our future life after that loss. Thus, as a rule, everything that we tighten too much and chase slips away and affects us, telling us to give in and relax, because life should not be made of fears and panic.

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We make a mistake when we live life trying to predict it, not allowing it to surprise us, dissuade us and teach us a lesson that we can never learn.

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We make a mistake when we try with all our strength to always be completely sure and ready for what will happen or come. When we refuse to believe in people, situations and relationships worth believing in because we don’t see and feel it right away, at first.

Sometimes peace and happiness are where you would never think they are. And sometimes there is no peace and happiness where all the conditions are there for them.

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If you can’t handle something, start over. Take it easy, you’ll get to the end.

You can always start writing a new story about yourself and your life. Supportive, nurturing and really your stories. You can choose to believe in yourself, love yourself and understand that you are not only worthy of love, but you are love itself. You can choose to let go of anything that works against you. All the thoughts, beliefs and stories about yourself that you tell over and over and out of habit, even though you have long since recognized their inadequacy, irrationality and toxicity. You can come to be in tune with yourself and feel good in your own skin.

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Listen and rely first of all on yourself. Do not expect the universe to support you, there are many more waiting for its support. While they wait, you can start working on what you want to live. The magic happens after you make a big save of your thoughts, emotions and actions.

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It can be thought that it would be easier for you if you were someone else, if you were different. But it wouldn’t.

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The easiest and most successful way is to be who we really are and truly want to be. Sometimes we just need a little support, help and guidance in learning to be ourselves and live comfortably in our own skin. Choose to accept, love and stand behind yourself.

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You will get an answer to the questions you ask yourself, which start with “What if…?”, when and if you do something or it happens. Until then, you can stop wondering about it.

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Possibilities always exist, there are always at least two choices – Yes and No. If, living the current life experience, you ask yourself “What else is left for me?” – you don’t realize that you have the other one left. Or something completely different.

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For some, who knows what reasons, we wait for the right time and good reasons to talk to people close to us. We think that there is no need to communicate some of our thoughts and feelings, because those close to us know what we think and feel about them, otherwise they would not be close to us. We think there is no need, it goes without saying. However, much silence and misunderstanding arises from default.

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Don’t choose the time or place to communicate gratitude, love and happiness. Make them known to those close to you, loud and clear. And as often as possible. You can’t overdo it, don’t be afraid.

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