H S
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Freelance writing. Advice Giving. Lifestyle blogging.
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A Guide to Happiness
Happy. Feeling content. Showing pleasure, being carefree. There are many many definitions of staying happy, but they don't apply to everyone. For a lot of people out there, as well as myself, it can be hard to find a reason to stay happy. There can be so many things that can come in the way of our happiness, and it sucks. We don't have any control over our emotions, for example, when you hear about something happy, your initial reaction is excitement and joy but if you get sad news, or something goes wrong it can make you very sad. I think of our lives as an emotional roller coaster. Sometimes its going up, but sometimes it's going way down. But fear not, I'm here to tell you five ways you can stay happy, no matter what. :) Now this is just a guide, it may not help you, but you may find it helpful. This is just what I think might help you.
By H S5 years ago in Motivation
Staying Positive
You probably hear it all the time,"stay positive" or "don't let people bring you down," etc. In reality, it's hard to focus on being positive when all it really is to us is wishful thinking. To stay positive, you have to better your outlook on life. Take it step by step but be more optimistic. Everyone will always stumble into a negative position, or problem. When you do, you should ask yourself, "What is the one thing that is positive/good out of this situation?" Instead of worrying, and thinking on the downside, think about what good can come out of it, and what you can do to fix it—although it can take you time to process your thoughts and feelings it's always good to ask yourself those questions.
By H S5 years ago in Motivation
Overcoming Fears
Hello! I'm back. With another topic. Another conversation. Today I'm going to be talking about fears, and well, overcoming them. Fear is not fun. I think we can all agree on that, but it's a part of life, as we all know. Fear can be anything around us, whether it's spiders, roller coasters, heights, or on the more serious side, natural disasters, disease, death. Anyone can get through fear, you just actually have to go through with it, but with some people (me) fear clings to us like lint on our clothes. It's a part of who we are, so it's nothing to be ashamed of really. If you aren't ready to face your fears, then don't worry the time will come. If you're here reading this though, then I'm pretty sure you want to take a step forward, and learn how to kill a spider, or go on a roller coaster or skydive. Here's how to overcome those fears.
By H S6 years ago in Motivation
Loving Yourself 101
I’ve had a very hard time coming to love myself. I’m an insecure person, I don’t have much confidence in me. No reason, I just do. I’m pretty sure a lot can relate, especially if you’re a teenager. I’ve realized this in the past few years 'til now, I was always a negative person. I would jump to conclusions, think of the worst and never be happy with the choices I made. I always thought "nothing good isgoing to happen for me" or "I’m alwaysgonna stay unhappy." I would fill my head with these thoughts and just lock myself into my own little world. Eventually I decided that I wanted to open up that lock. I stepped outside and I took it in—the more you learn to love yourself each day, it’s amazing how your life can get better in an instant. I felt better. I felt amazing. I learned to throw away all those negative thoughts in my head and replace them with positive and happy thoughts. I feel like in your mid to late teens especially, majority of us are going through this phase where we’re hiding from ourselves when in reality, we don’t even know who we are. We don’t know what we feel, we don't know what we want. Life, to me, is all about self discovery. Life gives you the chance to find yourself, who you are and what you’re meant to do. I love keeping the mindset that we have the ability to change for the better by loving ourselves and taking care of ourselves. It’s not selfish to love yourself. It’s important to love who you are, no matter who you think you are and who people say you are. No matter how many mistakes you’ve made in your life, you are perfect in your own way and no one can tell you otherwise. I certainly learned that the hard way. Loving yourself is having a deep appreciation for who you are, you accept every part of yourself; the imperfections, the embarrassments, the things you may sometimes fail at and all the great qualities along with that. For some people, they may not love themselves until they lose weight, 'til they get the job they want, or have the perfect boyfriend, etc. We tend to put conditions on our love but we don't realize that we don’t have to. We can love ourselves just the way we are. Who cares what people think?
By H S6 years ago in Motivation