Hello there,
Below you will find my current visual
motivation 'board', which I truly thinks is so beneficial - why else would
Pinterest and Instagram take off as fast as they did?
The power that self-motivation can
have on an individual is astounding, and it is something I am attempting to tap
into.
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The ability to have a positive frame
of mind, within yourself and with all those around you I believe can truly
change how you live your life and the dreams you can conquer. It’s all about
becoming 'mindful' of how you see things and how you allow yourself to think.
Ultimately the only person who has control over how you see yourself, your
surroundings and the things that you encounter each day is you! Therefore, why
not make the conscious decision to embrace everything in a positive way?
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Easier said than done I know! I
really do believe if you can acknowledge how you think about things, you can
then make the choice to change it. How often do you find the voice in your head
saying negative things? 'I don’t want to get out of bed, I don’t want to go to
work, I look like crap today, why doesn’t my hair look nice like a, b and c,
that person was really rude my day is ruined, I am so sick of today etc etc
etc.' It is so easy to do and often you probably don’t even realise you’re
doing it. You might have a pretty good day, and then when someone asks how your
day was you say it was horrible, based on how you let your internal voice view
the day. How easy is it to be having a good day, and then your coffee order is
wrong, so you instantly think the rest of the day is going to be bad, and the
one thing that wasn’t ideal ruins a perfectly good day? Why is it that if your
happy one thing can make you upset, yet if your upset multiple things have to
happen to make you happy again?
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The small step I have taken to create
a positive frame of mind is by counteracting all those negative thoughts that
creep up during my day. The voice in my head (I am not crazy I promise!) says:
'I don’t want to get out of bed' so I think about all the things in the day I'm
looking forward to, I say to myself, 'if I get up, I get my yummy breakfast (I
am really addicted to it by the way!), I make myself find a positive to outweigh
that negative thought. Even if it’s as little as 'I'll get to bed earlier
tonight and get a big sleep in' I just try to acknowledge the negative and find
more positives so that I am outweighing that negative thought.
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Another extremely helpful thing for
me is visual motivation. When I can't be bothered to work out, I look up
fitness pictures and quotes and it gets me motivated to get up and go, when I
am having a 'meh' day I search out positive quotes and it puts me into a better
frame of mind to get through the rest of my day in a better way. I save the
images to my phone so I can get constant visual reminders to think happy, drink
more water, look for the good etc. I pin them on Pinterest - HERE!
and post them on Instagram - HERE!
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It all helps to being 'mindful' and
is making me become a happier, more positive person on a day to day basis, it's
allowing me to think of myself in a more positive light which in turn is making
my dreams and goals become bigger and seem more achievable!
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So have a looksee at my current favourite
visual motivations and then let me know how you get happy!
xoxo
All images have been taken from Pinterest
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