Simple Mindful Tricks to Stay Focused and Bring Positive Outlook

Simple Mindful Tricks to Stay Focused and Bring Positive Outlook

In today’s over-stressed and over-caffeinated lifestyle, positive vibes seem to be missing. In fact, as per the reports from WHO, around 300 million people across the globe suffer from depression-related disorders.

As much as the stats are alarming, always remember that being focussed and bringing that positive vibe is not at all tough. A few changes in lifestyle is enough to fill your life with immense positivity all around. Find out how these simple mindful tricks to stay focussed and bring a positive outlook might be the answer to your stress-free life.

• Put a cork on negative thoughts
  Do you think putting a stop to negative thoughts is difficult? Well, to your surprise it’s actually not. Just raising your inner awareness is all it takes. Next time you start a self-criticism, just halt your mind, ask yourself a question, and assess the same situation in a more optimistic manner.
  It might be hard to think of something good when everything is crashing down. But always look for the positives that can come up. Don’t fathom thoughts like you can’t do a certain task. Always think in a positive way.
• It’s ok: Take the blow
  Learn to take the blow. Accept your failures, cater out to issues that came from those failures. Remember that it’s your failures that serve as your best teacher.
• Stop being hard on yourself
  It’s ok to strive for perfection but setting unrealistic standards and bullying yourself based on such standards is wrong. This negatively impacts your focus and ultimately pushes you into a vicious pit of failure. So, even if you have failed, don’t use hard expressions for yourself. You should be easy on your subconscious and think that you can do it.
• Encouragement
  Positive persuasion can do wonders. A severely studied and researched area of psychology scientifically states that encouragement within proper loci, features and levels can actually help severely depressed patients during counselling.
  Begin with pep talks and motivational quotes for yourself. Look for positives in every situation. Set small targets and when you reach there, reward yourself.
• Stop being guilt-ridden
  Remove the word ‘sorry’ from your dictionary. And stop being guilt-ridden anytime and every time. If you are guilty truly, ask for apologies but blaming yourself for everything has a huge negative impact on your life.
• You are your only responsibility
  Always remember you are only responsible for yourself. So, let go of preaching to everyone your ideas or philosophies. Let people around you carry their own baggage.
  The bottom line is it is ok to be helpful, but help shouldn’t cross path with your own mental peace and mental space.
• Face your feelings
  Just as you can’t make others happy, similarly no one can make you happy unless you come to terms with your own feelings. Always remember people and situations are the stage and props for your emotions, but you are the director of how those feelings affect you.
• Love yourself
  From childhood, people are taught to be kind and nice to everyone. But in the process don’t forget that the first person you need to be kind to, is you. Stop using adjectives like ‘loser’, ‘dumb’ ‘fat’ or ‘ugly’ for yourself. Always remember self-love is the best form of happiness.
  If you are unable to accept compliments and praises, then that shows a lack of self-confidence. Boost it up. Remember you are as good as your peers.
• Let go
  Always remember that your painful memories are a part of who you are and thus there is no point in avoiding as well as carrying it. Forget the incident and the people involved in it, and do set yourself free.
• Cut down on negativity
  Cut down the media influences in your life. Remember if someone is flaunting their lifestyles over the web, doesn’t necessarily make you a loser.
• Be unconditional while giving
  Don’t expect returns while doing a favour. Give unconditionally to the ones in need and never expect anything in return.
• Talk to strangers
  The world is how you think it is. So start trusting people. In fact, it’s always easy to open up to strangers without the fear of being judged, then to acquaintances who already know a lot about you.
• Lead a healthy and stress-free life
  Whenever under stress, people tend to find refuge in booze, cigarettes, recreational drugs etc. and slowly gets addicted to them. This leads to both mental and physical breakdown. So, instead of inclining towards these bad habits try to get over them.
  Like, if you are smoking excessively during stress then opt for alternative options to quit smoking such as e-cigarettes. The e-cigarettes filled in with vaping juice with customizable nicotine strength that allows you to control your nicotine intake and have zero tobacco. You can also try chewing sugar-free gums when the craving for a drag becomes high. Next time when you are under stress divert yourself towards something better.
• Exercise and a healthy diet
  Last but not least, maintaining a proper healthy home-cooked diet filled with fresh vegetables, fruits, and meats is always a massive step towards positive mental and physical health.
  A healthy body that gets proper sleep pumps you up with energy to take down mountains. And don’t forget to exercise, no matter how much little time you have for it. Daily exercise, meditation or yoga is the best way to bring a positive aura to your life.

To wrap it up

While wrapping up always remember that self-love is the best medicine for a focussed and successful life. So live every moment fully, exercise daily and stay stress-free to live a successful, energetic and healthy life!