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How to make sustainable choices in everyday life
Identifying ways to reduce waste and conserve resources
Understanding the impact of human actions on the environment
Becoming your own worst critic
Being overly critical of ourselves can increase anxiety about a situation. Mulling over what happened is like self-criticism on repeat.
Tips for silencing your inner critic:
- Stop expecting perfection from yourself. Learn to accept your mistakes, acknowledge them, then put them behind you and focus instead on continued growth.
- Stop looking for what's wrong about you and focus on what's right about you.
- Turn your attention to what could go right instead of what could go wrong.
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Complaining a lot
When life throws a curveball, it's enough to make anyone complain. However, when complaining goes unchecked, it can become a habit that makes it easier to be negative than positive.
Tips for coping:
- Learn to use positive and encouraging language t...
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Not knowing how to forgive
Forgiveness is essential for your emotional growth. Forgiveness does not mean putting yourself in a position to be hurt by the same person over and over. It means acknowledging that you were wronged, then putting it behind you and moving on with your life.
How to forgive:
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Waiting for someone to make you happy
Unhappy people are waiting for something or someone to make them happy. However, if you wait for others to make you happy, it will never happen. You are responsible for your own experiences. Your happiness depends more on your attitude and what you choose to do t...
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Spending more time with other unhappy people
Negative people tend to attract more negative people. Unhappy people like to have others indulge them while they wallow in self-pity. While we all will feel sad at times, staying unhappy can do more harm than good.
What to do about it: Choose your company. Sur...
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Chronically unhappy people
Not everyone knows how to be happy or how to deal with the bumps and annoyances of life. When people get stuck in temporary setbacks, they can easily forget that happiness is never out of reach.
There are some belittling habits to avoid to stay on the course of happiness.
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Choosing your own direction
In school, your teachers worked out a lesson plan and made sure you were aiming in the right direction. When you're teaching yourself, you have to do it yourself.
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Things that Belong on Every Don't-do List
- Don't be lazy. Spend your time being productive.
- Don't just take the default path. Don't go with the mainstream, make your own flow.
- Don't wait for the perfect time, it is what's waiting for you.
- Don’t judge before you know.
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