Life is tough. There's no denying it. One of the toughest things about life is how easy it can be to let your mind drift and your worries take over, which just exacerbates whatever you're going through. If you're looking for a way to set yourself up for success, though, these four steps are a great place to start!
Step 1: Know what's really happening in your life. Make sure that when you indulge in negativity or self-doubt, you know where those feelings come from so that they aren't ruling the rest of your thoughts or decision making process.
Step 2: Make the best of your situation. You have no control over the things that are happening to you, but you do have control over your reaction to them. If you can't change what's happening, change how you feel about it!
Step 3: Raise your standards and focus on goals. If you're letting yourself get bogged down with negative feelings or doubts, make sure that you keep pushing forward towards your goals and dreams. When there's something worth fighting for, it makes it much easier to beat back those feelings of doubt.
Step 4: Focus on where things are going well and how far you've come. If you're going through tough times, it can be easy to focus on what's going wrong in your life, but if you can look back at how your life has changed and how much better things are now, it can help you forget about any problems that are still lingering.
These four steps are a great way to help get you through some of life's hardest times. If you need a little inspiration on how to deal with life's toughest issues, these four steps will work for you. You'll be able to get back into the swing of things, and start moving forward again.
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Quote from a friend of mine on Facebook, by an author named Ashley Smith, called The Loveliest Year:
NYC 1967 ... I was five and my sister was seven. My mother had left us with friends while she went to take care of some business. The next day, my father showed up and he had been drinking. He was not happy to see us. He cursed us for being there with them and slapped us around a little bit before he decided to take us home where we were greeted by police since he had taken our cat and later said that we had stolen it. The police came to our house the next day after they followed a trail of blood to our back door (from where I had cut my hand trying to get away from him) and found the cat butchered on the kitchen floor. My father was taken away, this time for good. My mother had left two months before because she couldn't stand his beatings any longer. My mother's and father's marriage wasn't a happy one, it was not violent. My mother was in and out of the hospital several times, having many surgeries and such. All this mess from my father had sent her into a shell and she felt safe with our friends.
The story I don't remember was that of my Uncle Charles [...] Charles had been a star basketball player at Notre Dame back in the 1940s. He returned from service in World War II a little over two years ago and vowed to give up drinking for good since he didn't think his body could handle more than two beers now that he was 28 years old (he would consume six by this time).