7 Simple Ways to Keep Your Day-to-Day Contented
At our Midwest summer camp, we strive to have our community be content, even (or especially) when challenges arise. In folks’ day-to-day existence, maintaining that positive outlook might be harder than when one is playing outside in the sun. It can be done!
Studies have shown that many people are not happy at work for lack of seeing success in their every day. Check out below for a summary of some tips and tricks from the good folks at Barking Up the Wrong Tree, to see that you can shape your behavior to help make your days at work more enjoyable, productive, and fulfilling! (The full article is here.)
- Start the day happy
- Instead of having a regular alarm, try making it an enjoyable song.
- Make time to do something you enjoy before you leave for work.
- Scrub your way to creativity
- Have a task in mind that you can work on while in the shower.
- Close loops to kill worries
- Write down what is worrying you.
- Make a list of ways you can reduce this worry.
- Make awful tasks your own
- Find ways to make a mundane task more fun.
- Think of ways that you can do the task in your style.
- Break down procrastination
- Break big tasks into smaller/easily obtainable bits.
- Remind yourself that all tasks are important.
- Keep progress visible
- Make a physical list of your tasks at hand and cross things off as you accomplish them.
- Put the list in a location that is close to your work space.
- Forgiveness keeps you going
- Forgive yourself for missing a deadline.
- Plan for how to not make the same mistake.
- Positive self-talk goes miles!
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