We live in a fast-paced world. Things are changing all the time and we want it done yesterday! Well, usually we refrain from catering to that frantic pace here at Only Positive News but today, we’re breaking our own rules and offering up tips to keep up with the busy lifestyle.

Here are 3 fast and easy ways to increase your positivity!

1) Pay Attention to your Self-Talk. We all talk to ourselves in the head. And when things don’t go our way, we get frustrated and often start to diminish ourselves: “I knew it, I can’t do this…” or “I’ll never make it”. Paying attention to your self-talk (and knowing that such self-talk only harms you) will allow you to disarm such destructive thoughts.

2) Meditate. Sit in silence for 5-20 minutes a day. Smile. Studies show that meditation:

- increases happiness
- decreases anxiety and depression
- increases alertness
- can improve memory and attention
- strengthens the immune system
- lowers blood pressure/ can help lower blood sugar

3) Be grateful. Every day, before you go to bed, say to yourself “I’m thankful for…Today I accomplished…”. Don’t take things you already have for granted, learn to appreciate things. Be grateful for your family, good friends, health…Complete this list. Focus on giving as this way your mind will focus on what you have and not what you don’t have. Recent studies show that grateful people are happier, less stressed, less depressed and more satisfied with their lives. Grateful people also have more positive ways of dealing with the difficulties they experience in life. This might explain why they also sleep better.

Now go seize the day!

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