Your mindset ultimately affects your decision-making and outlook on every situation you are placed in. To establish yourself as a person who will make the best of any and all situations, ask yourself, are you holding a growth mindset, or are you always stuck in a negative mindset that is hindering your growth?
If you are serious about changing your mindset, the most crucial part of this action starts in the morning. Here are a few actions you can partake in the morning and throughout the day to build healthier habits and develop a healthier mindset and outlook on life.
Make your bed.
Making the bed is the first task of ending sleeping and the first task of starting a new day. Making your bed gives you a sense of pride that you can complete small tasks in life and motivates you to complete an abundance of tasks during your day.
Establish your first impression of the day.
When you get out of bed, are you going to practice gratitude and be thankful for another day, or are you going to snooze your alarm, stay in bed, and dread the tasks that are waiting to be completed as a new day comes to its beginning?
Practice gratitude.
Rather than focusing on what you don’t have, focus on what you do have in life. When you are asked to accomplish new tasks, don’t approach them with the mindset that you have to do them; rather, you get to do them. One great way to practice gratitude is by listing what you are grateful for each morning. When you make this list, it allows you to shift perspective and realize that life truly is a gift. There’s so much to be grateful for if you take the time to reflect.
Eliminate any negativity about yourself or others.
Negativity is the devil of growth; talking negatively about yourself or others constricts your growth drastically. You need to be your biggest fan during your growing process and provide yourself with the support that you need to be better. This can only be accomplished if you spend your days positively reflecting on yourself or others. When you do something good during your day, acknowledge it. Peaceful and positive thoughts, feelings, and spoken words give you a different outlook on challenging situations.
Never allow yourself to project a future of failure or suffering.
Visualize success and fulfillment in your life; if you begin to focus and stress about any negative outcome that may occur, you will begin to decline. Focus on the present and work to be your best rather than worrying about future factors you have no control over.
Minimize the time you spend in a negative space.
Having negative thoughts and feelings is completely normal. We face daily challenges that may leave us questioning ourselves and our actions. Instead of falling victim to negativity, coach yourself up internally and remind yourself that you can do hard things!
The journey to changing your mindset and outlook on life is not easy, yet it is one of the most important things you will go through in life.
