At Only Positive News, we’ve often discussed an “outside in” approach to positivity. This means changing some external aspects of your life and seeing the positive reflection internally. (It also means not having to fake a good attitude!)

Take your everyday language, for instance. Have you ever taken the time to notice how your body feels when you say something unduly negative? (I say “unduly” because the goal isn’t to avoid negativity at all costs - sometimes you need to express that side of yourself. But often, we’re needlessly negative.) You feel a certain sense of toxicity, defeat or an overall depletion of energy.

Can you include more positive words in your daily vocabulary? Can you fake it till you make it? If someone asks how you’re doing, can you answer positively, just to see if a little change takes place?

Here are a list of positive words from CreativeAffirmations.com to sprinkle in your average day: