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1. Grab a large garbage bag and throw away anything you don’t use, that brings back painful memories, or that you bought in the hope that it would make you a different person.
2. Unfollow anyone who makes you less happy or happy.
3. List all your expenses from the past week in an Excel overview. Nothing makes you more aware of your spending patterns than an overview.
4. Finally make that appointment with the doctor, dentist or someone you’ve been dreading for a long time.
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5.. Change little things. Go to bed 15 minutes earlier every day, take the stairs instead of the elevator and get off one stop earlier or park your car further away. Take small steps and slowly get used to a healthier lifestyle.
6. If it is better for your health to look for another job, you should take action. Update your resume, have coffee with people and actively monitor job sites.
7. Don’t let negative things happen to you again and again. If someone is rude or unkind to you, speak up. Say that what the other person said or did was hurtful and that you don’t like it.
8. Clean up any mess immediately and put dirty glasses straight into the dishwasher or wash them straight away.
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9. The next time you tell someone that you don’t see him or her enough, make concrete plans to meet up. Grab your calendar and make an appointment. No words, actions.
10. Don’t say what you don’t like about your life, what you would like to have or what you want to be. Talk about what you want, what you create and who you are.
11. Use sunscreen when you’re in the sun, have safe sex and open a savings account.
12. Stop trying to be everything. You don’t have to cook like a chef, perform like a CEO, have a great circle of friends, take photos like a photographer and exercise like a pro. Choose 1 or 2 things you are good at and do your best at them .
13. Embrace being ‘average’. There is so much stress and tension that comes from thinking that average is bad or just plain bad. While in fact, with a few exceptions, we are almost all average. A world that thinks only successful people are valuable is a world that is sick.
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14. Be aware of who you vent to. Imagine that what you tell that one person, you tell the whole world.
15. Make more time for people. Call your sister or brother regularly. Tell your parents you love them. Go have a cup of tea with the neighbor.
16. When an uncomfortable feeling creeps up on you, name it. Take responsibility for it and take the necessary action to address it.
17. Make a worry list. Whenever you are worried about something, write it down. This way you ensure that it doesn’t stay in your head and you keep worrying. Look at this list at the end of the week and see if there is anything on it that you should spend your energy on.
18. Make wish list. Every time you feel the need to buy new shoes, a new shirt, new candles or whatever, write it down on your wish list. At the end of the week or month you choose a number of things from your list that you can buy. It will save you a lot of money!
19. Find some cheap and healthy recipes that you make yourself.
20. Have an action plan when you are overwhelmed by emotions. Maybe take a walk or bike ride, drive a bit, call your mom or take a nap. Instead of feeling hopeless, grab your list at those moments.
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21. Develop the wonderful skill of knowing when to shut up.
22. Make an energy overview. Try to manage your energy instead of your hours. Decide what you will do when you still have a lot of energy and decide what you will do when you have little.
23. Stop expecting life to always be good. Instead of always trying to make yourself happy, accept that there will be bad days. That difficult times are coming. This is not crazy or weird, this is life.
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