1. Explore Yourself
Have you ever truly sat down and pondered about yourself? Probably not enough. In our daily lives, we often confine ourselves within certain boundaries, inadvertently losing our inherent natural charm. Embracing your natural self is crucial—it brings joy and defines your unique style. Shedding societal norms allows you to explore new facets of yourself, making you feel more at ease. There's a plethora of fascinating aspects within you waiting to be discovered. To succeed, you must first understand who you are. If you realize you're a camel with humps for water storage, long legs for trekking, and eyelashes to shield from sandstorms, then you'll opt for desert life over the comfort of a zoo.
If you're a bird with sturdy wings and a graceful physique, you'd undoubtedly yearn for the freedom of the skies instead of delighting in finding a beautiful cage. Without self-awareness, one remains resigned to their current fate, thinking it's sufficient. Schools may impart many lessons, but they don't teach self-discovery. Rarely does a young man or woman willingly spend hours reflecting upon themselves; this is a significant flaw of youth. Dedicate time to answer the following questions; it may take minutes or hours for each question. However, don't lose heart—consider it a final exam for the subject of 'Self-Discovery,' with the grade imprinted on your 'Certificate of Humanity.'
2. Achieve Positive Goals
Instead of dwelling on negativity, difficulties, and challenges all day, which undermines your built confidence and gradually transforms you into someone else, you need to proactively set and achieve your positive ideals. Everyone has their goals and strives to accomplish them. However, you must be extremely vigilant in choosing whether your goals are suitable and whether they have any adverse effects in that situation. You need to choose goals that can leverage your abilities in a conducive environment.
When you work with passion, you already know that happiness will always smile at you. In life, everyone faces difficulties, but those with positive thinking will easily overcome many issues. Not to mention, those who always have positive thoughts will look younger and also extend their lifespan. There's nothing more wonderful than setting goals and achieving them. Just like when an athlete experiences the 'runner's high' after a race, achieving goals will also bring you excitement and pride. Goals cannot be achieved on their own. You need a clear plan. Start. Strive. Accomplish your desires right away.
3. Confidence and Dynamism
Confidence makes you feel stronger, hence life becomes much more comfortable and enjoyable. For instance, if you lack confidence in anything, your mind is always plagued with constant thoughts of whether you're doing things right or not, which creates a lot of pressure on you. Therefore, be strong and believe that you will do well in everything; everyone around trusts and supports you. You also need to be dynamic every day, balancing health and daily tasks as well as hobbies, like exercising, volunteering... You can make a list of things to do to accomplish fully.
Children and adults alike have confidence, but some have very high confidence, while others feel lacking in confidence. Thus, confidence is one of the most important assets of the owner, more important than skills, knowledge, and experience. When you are confident, people will have a positive attitude towards you and make you feel comfortable. On the other hand, if you lack confidence, no one has the opportunity to see your sincerity and value, even if you try forcibly. You deserve happiness and what you want in life without worrying about how to achieve goals if you have confidence. Conversely, if you don't believe in yourself, pessimistic thoughts will hinder you from achieving your goals.
4. Meet Your Beloved Friends Regularly
Your family and friends are indispensable in everyone's life; they are sure to bring joy to you. When you meet, it's the best time to relieve stress. You'll have cheerful conversations or enjoy outings together, temporarily escaping from the daily hustle and bustle. Make an effort to fully participate in social gatherings or birthdays, go on trips to relax, where you can truly be yourself, a person always perfect and beautiful in their eyes. When you meet people around you, you become more confident, cheerful, and loving life. A study has shown that counting the kind deeds done in a week makes us feel happier and more grateful. If you want to attract positive energy, bring positive energy to others.
In today's life, it's hard to find a good, sincere friend, and even harder to maintain that friendship for many years. Statistics in France show that on average, each person has about 400 friends, but only about 30 of them stay with you long-term. These are the people important to your life, not just people who meet and laugh together for a while. What's noteworthy is that friends influence your visual assessments of everything. Or more accurately, friends will help you in difficult situations and conditions; you will feel more secure and less threatened. You should keep in touch with friends as often as possible. Creating new memories and sharing wonderful moments in life with friends will greatly improve your physical and mental health.
5. Recall Happy Moments
When life feels stuck and makes you feel discouraged, then remembering the happy moments in the past will make you much happier, such as memories when you were in love, or like the first successes when you started life... it will surely make you smile and cheer up right away. Take that as motivation to move forward. Because when there's joy, there's laughter for relief, so looking at things that are still messy, still chaotic, it's also less stressful. Life will be much more comfortable; Because those memories are your safe haven; the beautiful old days are the refuge that helps you peace and happiness.
In life, everyone faces difficulties, but those with positive thinking will easily overcome many issues. In those tired moments, remember and drift back to the sweet times you've had: the crazy exploration trips to new places, the nights of wandering with laughter, the nights staying over at someone's house and then staying up talking until 3 am, and even the nights you sit by the campfire and hear nothing but the sounds of loved ones chatting, singing your favorite songs. Find what reminds you of the past; find those who can bring similar or even greater happiness than those who have left, find new places that make your heart beat faster with new excitement and find your true passion because then you will have something to do instead of just crying for your current life. Then you will be busy creating new memories until you no longer have to remember what has passed.
6. Mastering the Art of Declining What You Dislike
Focus on the positive things, so there's no reason for you to do things you don't like, because when you don't like something, you'll definitely not be interested in it, you need to be clever to decline in such situations. You'll truly feel happy when you follow your heart's advice and do what you want because sometimes that will be better for both parties. Most of us struggle to try to get rich, be noticed, become someone, be respected in society. However, opportunities like this are not without danger if you don't know how to say 'No'.
Most of us often say 'Yes' thoughtlessly or because of temporary temptation, or because of greed or because of pursuing ephemeral things. We think 'Yes' will help us achieve more, give us what we need, while in reality saying 'Yes' without thinking is the enemy of development. Everyone is wasting their valuable life to do things they don't like, proving themselves to people they don't respect, and trying to achieve things they don't really need. A big reason is simply because we don't know how to say No. Saying no is very difficult. Only free people can say no. And cultivating the habit of self-discipline by saying no is a very important skill you need in life.
7. Appreciating Everything Around You
Instead of complaining, always value everything around you, because they are sure to always be by your side, from landscapes to familiar people, especially help each other, your neighbors or you can participate in volunteer activities to become a cheerful, active volunteer, actively helping people with disabilities, people in difficult circumstances, you will find real happiness. Nothing is happier in life when everyone around you is happy, the joy is immense but creating it is not difficult, just a little effort, sincerity, and enthusiasm, then surely all the beauty in life is waiting for you to explore. Life is sacred, our mission is to know appreciation and preserve. It is shown through everyone's love for life. Understanding the meaning and value of today's life, we must strive to cultivate and appreciate what we have. Knowing to care for each other, knowing to appreciate life always brings us a happy life.
We may not feel satisfied with what we have now and dream of something far from reality. But sometimes, when looking back, we realize how lucky we are now. Being satisfied with the present life, suddenly we will feel happy and optimistic. Sometimes we unintentionally fail to recognize the beautiful values that others give us as well as fail to recognize the value of what others are doing for us. Be grateful to those who care about you, don't wait until they are no longer by your side to regret. When we know how to appreciate, we will also know how to accept, appreciate what we have, and accept what we lose. Living in this life is a miracle, so you should be thankful for what you have, appreciate everything around you. Let's share joy with everyone to have a life full of happiness.
8. Enjoy Healthy Entertainment
When feeling stressed and exhausted, you can turn to music. Listen to your favorite songs or go to karaoke with friends to sing your heart out. Singing helps you forget all worries and find your joy. Singing your favorite songs makes life colorful and also serves as practice for your voice. If you're into arts, you can attend music or dance classes, or explore nature by capturing beautiful photos. Looking back at these photos brings back happy memories that are hard to forget.
Aesthetic education positively influences recreational activities. Education happens through school and life experiences. People with aesthetic sense use their free time wisely. They can relax and enjoy the beauty of nature, actively participate in activities that enhance life's beauty. Aesthetic sense helps people choose beneficial recreational activities and avoid those that degrade human character. All forms of entertainment become healthy and beneficial when they aim for goodness, truth, and beauty.
9. Embrace the Present Moment
The present is your life, the past is gone, and the future is what you aim for. Enjoy the flavors of the present moment because once it's gone, you won't feel it anymore. Learn from the past, live for today, and aim for tomorrow. Satisfaction with the present is essential for finding joy. What you have is valuable; it's your achievement and the foundation for the future. So, cherish and be happy with it. Embrace the present moment fully.
Many realize the worth of what they have only after losing it. Try to pause and look around; you'll feel more appreciated. Your life is in your hands, independent of anyone else. How your life unfolds depends on you, right? Once you understand that no matter what happens to you, no matter what others think or do, your life is your responsibility, and if you want to enjoy it, then do it. Start a new chapter in your life today, dream, and then act. Step into your life, determined to rewrite and restart, making it meaningful instead of just existing!
10. Traveling Experience
During times of stress and fatigue, when you feel drained and unable to concentrate, the best way out is to temporarily escape from daily life, spend some time alone, seek out quiet places to rest, and traveling becomes your top choice. You can head to the beaches to immerse yourself in nature and admire beautiful scenes every sunset, or if not, you can return to the countryside to experience the simplicity of nature and humanity. It's often said: A smile is worth ten doses of tonic, dispelling all tiredness and sadness in life, making us happier and more loving life. In the hectic industrial pace with countless pressures, it's hard to laugh freely and happily. Therefore, leaving everything behind to embark on a travel journey will make life much more exciting.
In leisure days, you seem to return to your true self, with all the innocence and cuteness. You can laugh freely. You feel like you've shed the heavy burden that's been holding you back to live the life you want. More importantly, you'll find joy in the simplest things around that you unwittingly overlook in the rush of life. Traveling often brings more benefits than you think. One of them is to replenish positive energy and enthusiasm, passion for work. Just imagine what the industrial lifestyle has taken from you? More than 8 hours at the office buried in books or sitting still by the desk. Computers, TVs, smartphones have taken you away from outdoor activities. How long has it been since you felt genuinely interested in anything? A trip will help you relieve stress, create opportunities for new ideas to blossom, and make you much more energetic and creative.