WAYS TO UPLIFT YOURSELF WHEN YOU HIT A LOW POINT

Unless you live a perfect life, sometimes navigating through life is hard.
 It happens to everyone -the rich, the poor, the optimist, the pessimist, the good, and the evil.

Life has its own ways. Sometimes,it seems like all your hopes and dreams are coming through and other times, life throws its bomb at us.

So what do you do when life shows no mercy?

You could do what most people do- You could blame and complain. You could get angry and frustrated.  

You can also decide to put up a positive attitude.

But then there are other options which  are far better.

1) DIVERSIFY YOUR SOURCE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT

Set goals in many areas of your life. Don't just depend on your career to make you feel fulfilled. Because many times you will fail miserably. During those times, you can drive fulfillment and self esteem from other areas of your life. 

You can find meaning and progress in other areas of your life such as career, hobbies, movies, self development, traveling, movies and so many other things.

When one area fails to give you fulfillment, others will back you up.

2) CHANGE YOUR ENVIRONMENT

Your environment is the basic predictor of your thoughts, habits and feelings.

There are times you just need to change your environment and if that seems impossible, you can take out time to travel, have fun or any other activity that helps you think well.let your new surrounding change you. Be opened to learning new things. Most importantly, observe and absorb your surroundings.

Your environment influences your IDEAS. Move to a place that freshens your mind and thoughts. Changing your environment helps increase your self awareness and dependence, it also helps to explore new opportunities, possibilities and exceeding innovations. So do not deprive yourself all of that.

Clear up every unnecessary baggage of unforgiveness, hatred and the likes. Love more, be creative and have fun.

3) USE THE HARD TIME

After doing everything you can, if you can't still overcome your challenges, it's high time you take out the greatest weapon in your arsenal, which is your PHILOSOPHY.

Life runs in circles and seasons. If your life is at a low point, it will not stay the same. Simply knowing this can give you the strength to endure.

Don't just endure the pain, feel it and embrace it. You lost a loved one? You failed an examination? You just broke up with your lover? All these can be disheartening but you need to embrace the pain and this helps you heal faster than you'd ever imagine.

Expressing yourself through your preferred method of creativity such as dancing, singing, painting, writing,public speaking, photography and so on helps your healing process. It helps you dive into something more productive and gives you the push you need to get back up.

Use the force of pain to shake up your life. Every situation gives you an opportunity. It could be to train your mind, learn a much needed lesson that helps in a lifetime, help others so they don't make the same mistake you did, get away from something so you can start the next chapter of your life.

You can start by learning something new or starting from the scratch. Get a hold of your life and make sure you're growing and adding value to yourself and people around. You can start again NOW.


Source: www.medium.com