How to Practice More Self-Love

Self-love and self-care go hand-in-hand. Self-love is all about putting yourself first and 
really living a fuller, healthier life by taking better care of yourself.

Far too many people spend all their time and energy improving the lives of their friends 
and family, and end up neglecting their own health, happiness, and wellbeing.

This report will show you 10 ways to practice more self-love.


1. Signs You Need More Self-Love

Relationships with others can be highly complex and confusing, but the strangest part is 
that you don’t even need another person to have a difficult experience in a relationship. 
With the numerous pressures from the modern world crashing down onto people, it’s no 
surprise that a lot of people are finding that they need more self-love. If this isn’t 
something you’ve really thought about, you might wonder about what might be signs 
that you need more self-love. 


You Don’t Have as Much Interest

Do you have hobbies and interests that just don’t seem to really excite you or make you 
feel good anymore? If you’ve recently experienced a major change in attitude towards 
the things that used to get you out of bed in a day, then it’ pretty possible that you need 
more self-love. When you don’t take care of your emotional needs and allow stress to 
rule multiple aspects of your life, the things that you once loved won’t feel the same. 

Symptoms like those are found in depression as well. Depression can be a natural 
effect caused by unfulfillment in life. Possibly a job that grates on you, or an 
environment that you used to enjoy has become oppressive. These things can also be 
signs of a type of burnout. The responsible, self-loving thing to do would be to allow 
yourself to have more time to relax. It’s important to work, but it’s also important to be 
balanced. 

When that balance gets murky, you can and most likely will get tired of the constant 
pressure. It might not be a threat at the moment, but things can change quickly, and 
suddenly you become overwhelmed. Stay balanced, and you’ll be less likely to fry 
yourself. 






You Don’t Forgive Minor Trespasses 

Have you caught yourself observing people and muttering unpleasant things under your 
breath? Misunderstanding happen, and sometimes those things can seem like much 
bigger issues than they really are in the grand scheme. When you aren’t feeling love for 
yourself, it’s a lot easier to get caught in a pattern of criticizing others. This habit of fault 
finding is different than talking to a friend in a calm way about a troublesome path 
they’ve chosen. 

That kind of talk comes out of concern, where fault finding is more rooted in a person’s 
need to put down others so they can avoid looking at their own faults. When people 
make mistakes, it’s important to remember that people are incapable of being perfect, 
so it’s healthier to extend the same kind of forgiveness that you would want to have. It 
does nothing to hold onto grudges other than load your body down with stress as well. 

Spend some time thinking about how little many of these minor issues will affect your 
life. If you know that they won’t do any lasting damage, then it’s probably sufficient to 
say what you need to say to the person involved and move on. If not for them, it should 
be for your mental health. 


You Feel You Are an Impostor 

One thing that hasn’t been touched on so far in this article, is the internal voice that 
each and every person has inside of themselves. Sometimes your inner voice can play 
tricks on you and make you doubt yourself. The voice in your head might even attack 
and ridicule you randomly through the day. If this is the case, it would be a good idea to 
concentrate on positive things about yourself more often. 

If you don’t love yourself enough, it can lead to cyclical bad behavior. Telling yourself 
that you might be fooling everyone around you and actually living in fear of that 
discovery is probably a lot let reasonable to accept when you look at the breadth of your 
actual achievements. Practice positive self-talk for a period of time, and it could help 
you to gain a more realistic view of yourself. 


Less Assertiveness 

If you find yourself taking a back seat to things in life more often, in that you don’t stand 
up for yourself or make your thoughts heard, that can be a massive sign that you need 
more self-love. Doing more healthy things for yourself will help you to feel better and be 
more in touch with your body. When you’re comfortable in life, you’ll be naturally more 
confident.  



You Haven’t Been Bathing as Often

One of the biggest signs that you need to care for yourself more is that you haven’t 
been bathing enough. Lack of hygiene is a strong sign of depression and other related 
emotional disturbances. Make sure that you create a routine to keep yourself bathed. If 
you go without basic cleanliness, it can be easy to feel like nothing matters as much. Go 
out of your way to make yourself feel better and healthy. That along could be a massive 
boost to your attitude. 


2. Building a Relationship with Yourself


When you think about how you feel about yourself, and how well you know yourself, 
how do you score on a scale of 1 - 10? If you feel that you know yourself very well, but 
you are on the lower side of how much you like yourself, then it might be time to start 
thinking about how you can build a better relationship with yourself, and the next pages 
will be exploring how to accomplish this. 


Stop Focusing on the Dealings of Others 

There are tons of distractions that can be found out in the world, but some of the worst 
distraction to get involved with are those that comes from spending too much time 
focusing on and critiquing the lives of others. It can be extremely easy to fall into the 
habit of spending your time concerning yourself with the movements of others, and you 
may even spend time discussing these things with others, but it's important to note that 
while you’re focusing on others, you’re avoiding work that you can be doing on yourself. 

Another side of this, is that it might be a manifestation of insecurities that you feel 
towards yourself due to constant comparing. The person who is aware of the nuances 
of how you feel would be you, because people can’t read the minds of others. If you feel 
as though you are constantly scrutinized by others, it’s important to remember that they 
might not even be aware that you feel any discomfort at all. Most of the time, people are 
primarily focused on how they are seen by others. 


Learn to Forgive People 

It’s really hard to make a better relationship with yourself when you carry a lot of 
baggage from past dealings with people. Things sometimes happen that can make your 
feel a little bit sour about having relationships with others but it’s important to remember 
that you don’t need to hold into these things. Let them just be things that happened and 
move on. It’s been said that forgiving people is more about being healthier for yourself 
than the person you’re forgiving. This is because holding onto to anger and pain will 
only cause you to feel negatively about a lot of other things in your life. 

Once you have forgiven someone completely, the part of your mind that has been 
holding onto those toxic thoughts and feeling will be free to focus on better things. You 
can use that brain power to think of ways to put good things into the world around you. 
There are a lot of ways to spread positivity, and the best ways involve doing something 
for others. 


Take Time to Help Someone in Need

There are few joys that can compare to the feeling you get when you help someone 
who really needs help. When you’ve been spending a lot of time focusing on yourself in 
unhealthy ways, a really good way to break out of that is also to help someone else. 
This puts them in the forefront of your mind for a time, and this can help you to 
appreciate the situation that you have as well. 

There are a lot of programs that involve helping the homeless and elderly, and both are 
in constant need of volunteers that can help dilute the strain placed on other people who 
are already busy in the community. You might be surprised by the outpouring of 
gratitude that comes from people who haven’t been used to getting the help that you’re 
helping to provide. This can create connections and inspire the future success of people 
who might not have had the opportunity otherwise. 


Write a Journal or a Letter to Yourself

Part of getting to the deeper parts of yourself is taking time out of your day to put your 
thoughts on paper so that you can read them back to yourself. Sometimes it takes this 
kind of exercise in order to be able to get a sense of what is truly on your mind. You 
might have doubts about recent decisions, or you might need to see your thoughts out 
in front of you to make those final choices. Whatever the case may be, this will help you 
to begin to prioritize your feelings and thoughts about things. Once you’ve drawn some 
conclusions it’ll be easier to make real changes based on the information you have 
about yourself. 


Practice Positive Self-Talk 

After you’ve taken some time to think about the things you wrote down to yourself, make 
some effort to replace anything negative that you said to yourself with something that is 
positive. Talk about your abilities. Tell yourself that you can accomplish your goals. The 
more that you repeat these things to yourself, the more possible they will become.  




3. Simple and Affordable Ways to Practice Self-Love

It’s no secret that a lot of people are in serious need of self-love, but for some reason it 
can feel like what you need to accomplish this is a little out of reach. That can leave 
many feeling discouraged, but if you knew about some inexpensive ways to take better 
care of yourself would you be curious? The next few paragraphs will share some simple 
and affordable ways to practice self-love. 


Take Care of Daily Hygiene

When you feel sad, it can be a lot harder to take care of your daily hygiene needs. 
Sometimes taking some time out to take care of those kinds of needs can be the boost 
that you need to pull yourself out of a dark place. Having a healthy and soothing bath 
time can do wonders for basically anyone because of the way that it can help you to 
deal with stress. Not only that, but when you take better care of yourself, you’ll look a lot 
better. It’s always easier to look at yourself in the mirror when you know that you’re 
doing what you need to do to take care of your needs. 

This can also include the cleanliness of your clothes. Do you find yourself going through 
piles of dirty clothes so you can find something that smells a little less dirty? Take time 
out to do some laundry. Once your clothes are done, go and take a nice long shower 
and clean yourself thoroughly. After you get out of the shower, go and put on something 
comfortable from the freshly washed clothes. You’ll always appreciate the wonderful 
feeling of clean clothes against your skin, and so will the people around you. 


Treat Yourself to a Healthy Snack

In the last few decades, a lot of people have been finding ways to make healthier and 
tastier snack that people can enjoy without having to feel any sort of guilt. That can 
make treating yourself to a snack a fun and exciting thing to do when you’re in the 
mood. Whether you buy some frozen or fresh fruits, or go to a specialty kiosk 
somewhere, nothing can put a smile on your face faster than a delicious and healthy 
treat. Getting some nutrients in the form of a sweet treat will always be something that 
you can enjoy. 


Get Organized 

What are your living and workspaces like? When you’re a busy person it can be really 
easy to get caught up in the events of each day so often that you let your organization 
skills slide quite a bit. Having a cluttered environment can slowly exert a lot of stress on 
you because your surroundings will often influence how you feel about your life and can 
cloud your internal thoughts. 

Be sure to take some time every week to tidy things up for to find places for the things 
that you use. It might also be a matter of simply having to get rid of the useless things 
that take up space. Once your view of your surrounding is less cluttered, then you will 
feel a lot less stress as you push through your days. This is especially true of people 
who work from home. Try to keep your work space and sleep space as separate as you 
possibly can. If that’s impossible, then a lot of time must be taken to keep your space 
efficient and happy.  


Sleep More 

Sleep is one of the most important parts of the day. It’s essential to get rest because 
sleep is the time during which your body begins to repair itself. If you have trouble 
sleeping, getting better sleep might require you to make some major changes to your 
habits. If you eat late, then you’ll have to eat earlier in the day so that your body can 
calm down by the time you have to get in bed. You can also just try getting to bed 
earlier. It might make you feel as though you are missing out on a few things, but you’ll 
be able to wake up earlier, which will give you a jump on planning out what you need to 
do each day. 


Take Up a Mellow Hobby or Read 

Sometimes people just need some time to exercise their mind, or just be entertained by 
their imagination. The best way to do those things would be to find a hobby or find a 
great book that you can read during your down time. Precision hobbies like knitting, 
needlepoint, model building, painting and music are all great ways to express yourself 
while expanding your brain power. 


Exercise 

This one should always be a go to, but people often forget how many benefits that 
working out can have. Studies have known for ages that getting some exercise can be a 
great way to help your deal with stress and improve your mood. The endorphins that 
you get from physical activity can also make it easier for you to sleep. 


4. The Importance of Positive Self-Talk

The way that you treat yourself in your own mind has a lot more significance than most 
people give it credit for. There are times when people might self-abuse or say nasty 
mean things to themselves out of habit, but the consequences of this are much farther 
reaching than they believe. In the next few paragraphs, you’ll be reading about the 
importance of positive self-talk. 


It Can Help You to See Yourself 

When you look at yourself in the mirror, what do you tell yourself? This might be the first 
time you've really ever had to think about that question, but it’s one that you should be 
aware of, and how you answer will make a difference to yourself on a daily basis. 
Whenever you tell yourself something really negative, you’re repeating powerful 
mantras that can influence everything about your self-esteem and how you see yourself 
in the world. 

Unfortunately, it's generally going to be a skewed view if it’s always bathed in negativity. 
This makes it impossible for you to be able to be aware of yourself completely and it 
blocks you from being open to others. 

When you spend your time saying uplifting things about yourself, you’re going to get a 
more complete picture of who you are. This isn’t saying that's should avoid dealing with 
things you consider to be faults. It just means you see a lot more than those things 
alone. 


It Gives You More Confidence 

Allowing yourself to see yourself completely helps to boost your confidence. That's 
because you are directly acknowledging the things that are good about you instead of 
focusing on the areas where you feel that you fall short. If you like, you can actually 
write them into a physical list. Reflect on each aspect, and think about the times in your 
life where those attributes have helped you to overcome something or solve a problem. 

You’ll probably be amazing how many ways you've been able to get past things using 
your own natural talents. If you've come this far on what you know now, then imagine 
how well things can go when you’ve continued to learn and improve yourself. Try to see 
where you will be in the future based on these positive things you’ve discovered. 


It Helps You See a Positive Future 

Now that you know that you have some great qualities, you can see how they might be 
able to help you in the future. Are you a fast learner? Do you solve problems quickly? 
Having a better outlook will always make it easier for you to see yourself making 
accomplishments in the future. As you go through life, meet the objection of your inner 
critic with confident self-talk. Tell that part of your mind to be quiet. Do whatever you 
need to do to move past monetary doubts. 

Another great exercise you can do is to make a vision board. It helps to have visual 
representations of the things that you want to attain at some point. A new career, home, 
or vacation can be a long-term goal that you work towards. Just be sure to write down 
that you know you can get to those things somewhere along the way. 


It Helps Reduce Stress

Positive self-talk is also really important because it helps you to keep your stress under 
control. Stress can be paralyzing, but it doesn’t have to be. When you start to feel 
overwhelmed, pull out a sheet of paper and write down the things you want. Put in a few 
easier goals that you know you can achieve in the short term, and out all of your energy 
into crushing those goals. Make sure that you are realistic in the ones that you select. 

Getting a few little things done and crossed off of your list can do wonders for how you 
feel about attainability of your goals. Just know that you have to take it all one day at a 
time. Cross 2 - 3 things of your list, and return to some of your bigger goals. You’ll find 
yourself to be more relaxed, and feeling ready to tackle bigger goals. 


It Helps Your Maintain Control Over Emotions 

It’s also important to remember that things won’t always be perfect. There can be all 
kinds of little snags that can push back your timeline for completing things. It’s important 
to stay level headed though, because when you spin out of control emotionally, things 
will begin to suffer. Use positive self-talk to remind yourself of how resilient you truly are. 
Find inspiration in the progress that you’ve made to date. The more practice you have 
learning to control your emotions, the more success you will have. Just be sure to 
remain patient and kind to yourself, and you will get there. 


5. Creating a Daily Self-Love Ritual

Can you say that you love yourself? If you’re looking into self-love advice, then you 
should ask yourself how often you make sure that you’re actually taking good care of 
yourself. This isn’t just talking about physicality, because it also includes your mental 
health. If you can say that you don’t so much to practice self-love, then it would be a 
good idea for you to check out this article so you can learn about creating a daily self-
love ritual. 


Start Your Day with Healthy Food 

One of the first places you can start with self-care is by making good choices of things 
to put in your body for fuel. Having a good amount of nutrition is a really good way to 
make sure that you’re taken care of, and on your way to making major improvements in 
a physical way. With a small amount of research, you can learn how to make some 
really tasty snacks and meals that will help you to feel satisfied and give you what you 
need to start your day right. Choosing a good breakfast will help you to keep your 
performance at a high level through much of the day. 

Try making sure that you have a simple breakfast with carbs and protein so that you 
have some easy to digest nutrients right at the start of the day. You can do this by 
eating some kind of whole grain cereal with your choice of protein. IN some cultures 
they use beans for breakfast, but if that not your taste, you can select a protein like 
eggs, bacon, or ham. 


Organize Your Areas

The way your home and work space looks can be a huge influence over how you feel 
about things in your life each day. When you have a cluttered and unpleasant 
environment, it’s easy to feel like you’re trapped in a nightmare. Be sure to make time 
that will make it possible for you to clean up and organize your belongings. You can 
organize everything yourself, or you can seek the help of people who are professional 
organizers. 

They might even have videos that you can watch to get pointers on how to clean up 
without a lot of issues. The ability to clean in that way doesn't come naturally to 
everyone, and many people have to be taught how to do that kind of work early on to 
get it right and make it a habit later in life. Once you’ve spent some time cleaning and 
see yourself making progress, you’ll notice that your stress level drops quite a bit. 


Find a New Way to Express Yourself

How do you normally make yourself heard? Expression is an often-overlooked part of 
mental health. That is part of why a lot of programs rely heavily on the arts to help 
rehabilitate people. If you feel like your spirit needs something like a new form of 
expression, then you should try getting into something that will help you with that. You 
can try taking a painting class, learning a new instrument, learning a new language, or 
take up some other mellow hobby. 

As long as you’re working towards expressing yourself, you’ll feel a certain kind of calm 
coming over you. Learning a new language can be great because you are actually 
learning to communicate with people who you wouldn’t have been able to communicate 
with previously. Languages are also an excellent skill for a variety of businesses. 


Pamper Yourself with a Massage  

A lot of people feel like massage is something reserved for wealthy people, but people 
forget that they can give themselves massages. You’re not stuck having to find 
someone to do it for you for cheap, you just need some time and a little knowledge. If 
you spend some time giving yourself massage, you can actually do a lot to help your 
mental health. 

Massages are great for relieving stress, so doing them for yourself can never be a bad 
thing. Just be sure you know a little about the body before you go poking around some 
areas. Without the right knowledge, you could possible press to harshly and bruise 
yourself under your tissues. Be gentle until you have a greater command of the 
knowledge of massage. 


Go Dancing 

One of the greatest ways to make yourself feel amazing allow be to go dancing. 
Dancing connect you to your body in ways that are very primal. That’s part of what 
people still love to go dancing so much. Make sure that you have an outfit that you love 
and feel comfortable wearing, then pick a night to go dancing. Don’t worry about anyone 
else, just dance until you feel satisfied with the night. Once you’re done, you’ll have 
gotten exercise, as well as shaken off some of the darkness of the day. 


6. Wake Up Early for More Self-Care

How do you begin each day? When you’re the kind of person who wakes up at the very 
last minute and runs screaming out the door into your car and all the way to work, 
there’s a pretty good chance that it’s no easy thing for the people in your life at home or 
at work. Not to mention that massive amount of stress that it places on you each day. 
This article will be talking about waking up early for more self-care. 


Quit Screens Before Bedtime 

Part of the reasons that it's hard for some people to wake up is because they spend too 
much time on devices before they should be going to sleep. Scientists have been 
studying effects of electronic devices on sleep and they say that the data does not bode 
well for people who love to be on their devices in bed. Many people who have these 
behaviors have reported that they have experienced remarkable decreases in sleep and 
sleep satisfaction. This is bad because the amount of rest that you have can affect your 
body in all sorts of ways that make life more difficult for you on a daily basis. 

Instead of going to bed with your devices, you should set them to do not disturb mode, 
or turn them off completely. This will allow you to have a better quality of sleep. A better 
route to take would be to try reading something soothing before you go to sleep. That 
way you’re engaging your imagination, which is a lot easier to deal with than the effects 
of screen light radiation.  


Have Good Bedtime Care Habits 

Are you relaxed before you go to bed? Staying away from technology has already been 
mentioned here, but there are lots of other things that you can do to help you to get 
good rest, and reduce stress. Sometimes it’s a good idea to do some stretches 1 - 2 
hours before bed time. That will help keep your body flexible, and maybe even get your 
heart rate up for a few minutes. After you cool down from some light movement, your 
body will be more relaxed and ready to get into bedtime modes. You can push this 
further by taking a nice soothing shower. That will help to further relax your body, and 
put you in a calmer state of mind. 


Choose a New Alarm Tone 

Once you've gotten into better habits of resting, you can begin to start to find ways to 
wake yourself up earlier. One of these ways would be to try using a new alarm for your 
wake-up time. 

The new alarm will make it easier for you to get up because it’s a lot less familiar than 
whichever one you've been using. That will keep you ready when you hear it, and you'll 
be a lot less likely to hit the snooze button and send yourself back into the bad habit of 
leaving at the last minute. In fact, it would be a good idea to stop using the snooze 
button entirely, because it can help you to feel more tired when you’re jarred out of 
sleep multiple times each morning. Sleep until you need to get up, then get up right 
away so that you don’t waste precious time. 


Make Changes in the Room

One really easy way to force yourself to get up would be to change the orientations of 
your room. Try putting your alarm somewhere you can’t reach it so that you have to 
physically get your body out of bed to shut it off. Once you’re on your feet, it’ll be easier 
to just take yourself to the shower. You might even want to make setting up a shower 
time outfit part of your night routine before bed. That way you’ll be reminded of the plan 
that you had for the day, take your shower, and spend your time getting ready early. 


Have a Schedule for Your Morning? 

A great way to make sure that you take care of everything you need in the morning 
would be to make a schedule for your morning hours. This makes it easier for you 
because it takes the guesswork out of what you need to be doing with that part of the 
day. That allows you to start with confidence and the expectations that you’ve set for 
yourself. As you check things off the list, you’ll be able to start your day with a feeling of 
accomplishment, and the knowledge that you’ve already taken some of the stresses of 
the day off of the table. 


Give Yourself Time 

The most important part of getting up earlier, is the time that you’ve set for yourself. This 
is the part of your day where you will focus on some kind of positive message like a 
positive mantra, reading something soothing, or doing positive self-talk. This will allow 
you to start your day feeling refreshed and protected as you meet the challenges that 
are presented. 


7. Treat Your Body with Kindness

Today, a lot of people feel a hefty amount of stress because of the way body image has 
dominated media. Some have even gotten to the point that they develop eating 
disorders because of how they feel. What a lot of people really need, is to focus on 
being kinder to themselves and their bodies. Most feel that they’re already being kind, 
but are they really? The next few paragraphs will give you a few tips on how to treat 
your body with kindness. 


Get Lots of Rest 

The first and easier way to treat yourself better would be to make sure that you get as 
much rest as you need each day. Proper sleep and rest are important for your body 
because your body needs those periods to conserve energy, and make some repairs to 
your cells. If you don’t get all of the rest you need, then your body will begin to fail in 
small ways, and you will begin to feel tired all of the time. As you become weaker, you 
will see a breakdown in the quality of your work, and relationships around you will begin 
to suffer. 

Much of this is due to the fact that it’s hard for a person to feel completely connected to 
others when their mind hasn’t been allowed to rest properly. Studies have connected 
lack of sleep to a rise in apathy in some people. As the apathy increases, the subject 
will begin to connect less and less to those around them until they are completely 
isolated. So it’s extremely important to take proper sleep into consideration. 


Let Yourself Have Fun 

Do you ever feel guilty when you take days off or try to do fun things with friends and 
family? A lot of people are in fields of work that force them to produce more and more 
work for their company. This culture of overworking yourself isn’t healthy and can lead 
to extreme forms of burnout. The apathy that comes from being sleep deprived can also 
play a heavy role in diminishing your ability to enjoy things, so this is a place where 
arresting and allowing yourself to have fun meet. When you are properly rested, you’ll 
be in a better state to have fun, and if you allow yourself that time, then you can get rid 
of a lot of the extra stress that you’ve been holding onto each day. 


Make Sure You’re Hydrated 

How much water do your drink in a day? Hydration is something that a lot of people 
overlook because living in a modern world tells you that everything you need is just a 
phone all or a store trip away, but people have to make the right choices when it comes 
to health. A lot of people have fallen into the habit where they've replaced water with 
different types of soft drinks. These of drinks are made of mostly sugars and chemicals 
that were created in a lab, and they don’t provide enough pure water to help you sustain 
many of your basic functions, so it can be very easy to suddenly find that you are 
dehydrated to a level that can make you feel ill. 


Get Away from Technology for a Minute

Technology these days has been very good at absorbing nearly all of the free time that 
people have. Everyone is constantly being bombarded by adverts for games and new 
apps that boast 
A user-friendly environment and a new lease of life, but is this really true? Studies have 
shown that constant engagement with apps can actually cause a lot of stress in some 
people. 

Social media has made it difficult or a larger number of people to feel content with their 
daily existence. This doesn’t mean that social media is a bad thing, but it could mean 
that a lot of people should use social media a lot less. To help yourself feel better, it 
would be a good idea to take step away from social media so that you can focus on 
more pursuits that involve your well-being. 


Pay Attention to Your Body 

Self-awareness isn't always something that comes naturally to people. Sometimes it can 
take a well-crafted effort for you to learn what is needed and when. This is partially 
because the world at large expects people to live for their desires more than their 
needs. Once you have made the choice to get more well acquainted with yourself, you 
can begin to practice mindfulness so you can learn about the signals that your body 
puts out to let you know what you really want. 

When you’re eating a particularly delicious meal, you might already know that you’re 
full, but you keep eating anyway. Suddenly you feel so full that you begin to burp, and 
your stomach makes loud noises. This could be a sign that your body has chosen to let 
you know that you've eaten too much. Learning these signals can help you to stay more 
comfortable and treat your body with greater care. 


8. Use Your Journal to Find Clarity

If you have been struggling to find more clarity in your life, and find your direction, then 
journaling can be your new best friend. Writing in a journal on its own really helps you to 
learn more about yourself, but you can go one step further with these easy methods. 
This will allow you to really take full advantage of having a daily journal.


A List Journal 

There are lots of different types of list journals out there, but one place to start will be for 
you to take an accounting of things you want for your life. If you take the time to write 
down your goals and/r dreams, then it’ll be an easy task to follow up by learning what 
steps need to be taken to turn these dreams into a reality. These kinds of lists can be 
serious work-related topics or just fun things that you've been thinking about for a long 
time. 

That kind of a list is usually called a bucket list, and it can give you some really 
interesting things to look forward to trying out. Another thing you can do is to list the 
amount of accomplishments that you’ve achieved in the last year, quarter, or month. 
This can help you to gain a sense of how many things you’ve done. That’ll give you a 
clearer picture of how you’ve actually been spending your time, and show you that you 
have things that you can be happy about. 


The Gratitude Journal 

Do you ever find yourself becoming impatient, and unhappy about the things you wish 
you had? For some people, it can be hard to stay focused on the positive things that go 
on in your life. It’s becoming more and more common for people to focus on the things 
that they haven’t gotten instead of remembering what they do have. Taking some time 
out of your day to write down the things that you can feel grateful for can put a lot of 
minor annoyances into perspective. 

Sometimes it takes a good hard look to remind you that life hasn’t dealt you the worst 
hand, it just feels like that on some days. What kinds of things do you feel grateful for 
today? Try to record what you’re thankful for that month, season, and so forth. Ask 
yourself this question as often as you can, and you might be surprised that you learn 
something new about what captures your concern and gives you inspiration. 





Free Thought Journal 

Not every single aspect of a journal should be regimented. There are times when it’s a 
good idea to just let loose and say what’s on your mind. This kind of journal is usually 
called a free thought journal. It can help you get out all of the extra thought that gets 
trapped behind your eyes. You can use this to rattle off random ideas and musings. One 
of the biggest advantages of this kind of journal is that everything that comes out is 
probably going to be a little bit unfiltered if you can really open up and just let it all hit the 
page. 

Later on when you’ve had some time to think about things, you can go back and 
analyze the things that you wrote down. Some thoughts can get masked by the 
influence of the world around you, so taking a look at the writings later when you’ve 
been spending time trying to get in touch with yourself, might be a revealing process 
that can push you closer to clarity. 


Journals Help Chronical Your Emotions 

It’s pretty enlightening to look back into the past to see what kinds of emotions you were 
experiencing during life events. The written word on the page is impartial and honest 
because it comes from the moment when those things were being experienced instead 
of a foggy recall from memory. 

When people are young, lots of things that happen seem like massive events, but as 
people mature, they will often avoid assigning weight to things that they know to be 
frivolous, or fleeting. This increases the amount of perspective that you have from your 
day to day life as well. It shows you how quickly the people, places and things can seem 
like the most important thing in the world one day, and then a few years later seem to 
have passed like a snap of your fingers.  


Helps Create Intention

One of the biggest parts of clarity, is understanding purpose and intention. Writing down 
goals, dreams, and intentions can and usually will set you on a more structured path 
that will help you to achieve and attain. When you aren’t sure of what it is that you’re 
going for, it’s a lot harder to make sure that you’re doing all of the things that will make 
your dreams a solid possibility.   







9. Write a Detailed Life Goals List

Have you ever tried to make a plan for major life goals? Successful people have been 
using plans for hundreds of years to achieve the goals that will help them in the future, 
but if you’re new at it., you might feel sort of apprehensive. The positive thing here, is 
that this article has been written to help you get started on a path towards attaining 
goals, and to get you in the right mindset, you’ll find a detailed list of life goals here to try 
out. 


Get Healthier 

Health should be considered a top priority in your life, no matter what your goals are, 
even when you are focusing more on self-love and self-care. Taking better care of your 
health can become a way to practice more self-love on a daily basis. If you’re not doing 
great with being healthy, it can help you passively to spend some time getting that 
figured out. 

Being healthy means that you'll be able to have greater focus in life, as well as a 
sharper ability to solve problems. When you’re starting to create your list of goals, keep 
in mind that they should be things that are easy for you to track. That means that you 
should be able to figure out what you'll need to do to get to those goals. 

Be sure to write out the list with each of the details, so for example, part of getting 
healthier will be making sure that you are the proper nutrition, so you might put down 
that you will learn about nutrition, buy the right foods, and make sure to do some kind of 
meal preparation. As you complete the list, you’ll have a much clearer picture of what 
your next few months will be like. 


Learn to Balance Your Moods

There are some days when it just seems like people aren’t on your side, but how do you 
deal with your anger? If you’ve been wanting to learn how to control your temper in a 
way that helps you to improve your relationships with others and cultivates a milder 
spirit, the first step is to realize that you’re the one who is in control of how people make 
you feel. 

When people fall short of your expectations, it’s important to remember that not every 
trespass is a personal attack against you. Most people are relatively concerned with 
their own issues and daily business then who else is around them, and there could 
easily be details that have escaped you.  
 
Another thing to think about somewhat seriously, is how anger and stress can exact a 
hefty toll in the body over a sustained period of time. Intense emotional stress can bring 
about and aggravate some illnesses in people.  Having that much negativity can also 
harm vital organs like your heart, so learning to take it easy can also extend your life in 
some ways. 


Get a Grip on Your Finances 

In a time of uncertainty, it can be really difficult to make the needed changes that will 
allow you to save money. If you don’t feel as though you can make it in the amount of 
money that you currently make, then it will be important to find out how you can make 
more money, and the steps that you need to take to get there. Once you see a clear 
path, it’ll remove a lot of the stress of having to think about your finances. 

Some people might even feel like it’s important to hire or see a professional that can 
help them to gain better control over their financial health. It takes a serious and honest 
look at your habits and lifestyle to see what you may need to do. Something as simple 
as an old unpaid bill can create some issues. 


Become a Better Communicator

The majority of problems that people face in any kind of relationship are usually caused 
by poor communication techniques. People who haven’t developed a clear and honest 
communication technique can cause a lot of frustration to the people around them at 
work, school and home. If you find yourself prone to disagreements, then it might mean 
that there is something that you’re not conveying in a way that people can understand. 

It can be easy to forget that other people don’t have the ability to know the nuances of 
how you receive information. Sometimes it can be as simple as asking what someone 
means and reserving your judgement until you can see the situation from a better 
vantage point. 


Make Learning a Part of Your Life 

It’s pretty clear that increasing your knowledge can always be a good thing. The more 
that you know about the world around you, the more equipped you will be when you 
come across an obstacle that you can’t immediately cross. Challenge yourself and take 
on new hobbies that can be useful to you. If you can spend a few months doing 
something to sharpen yourself, you’ll probably notice that your attitude and confidence 
has increased over time.  






10. Focus on Your Future, Not the Past

All people react to events in life very differently. Sometimes things happen in life that 
can change you and those around you forever, but it's really how you deal with these 
things that says a lot about who you are. Another factor here is where you place your 
focus. It can be easy to dwell on the past, and get stuck wondering what might have 
been, but is that really what you should do? Here are some ways you can practice self-
care by focusing on your future, not on your past. 


You’re Still Here 

When it comes to reflecting on past events, there’s one thing that you can always find 
some appreciation for. You’re still here. That means that whatever has come before 
you, whether it was a massive obstacle or defeat, that event didn't end you. You’re still 
here, and that says a lot about how resilient you can be. It’s important to realize that 
people are remarkably good at coming out on top of what they might find themselves up 
against. The fact that you can read this right now is a testimony to that. You might want 
to know what comes next, and that’s completely normal. The next steps to try to find 
more things that you can be happy about.  


Practice Gratefulness

The first step to really getting grounded and centered would be for you to spend some 
time focusing on what you are grateful for. There are lots of ways to do this, but one of 
the best would be for you to write a gratefulness journal. This will give you the ability to 
look at the list after you have completed it. That will allow you to see everything that you 
can think of and set your mind to thinking about that instead of the things you wish had 
taken place in the past. Pick ten to fifteen of your favorite things and make a list of those 
things a few times a week. 
 

Accept Negativity as Lessons

It can be really frustrating when you put time and effort into certain relationships only to 
find that the person or persons were never what or who they said they were. This can 
be extremely jarring, and it might take a long for you to get over, but the more effort you 
make to get over it, the happier you will be in the long run. The healthiest way to look at 
these kinds of things is to treat them the way you would treat a lesson you learned in a 
school program. They’re not always the most pleasant, but you can take what you 
learned about people in that situation and use it to protect you from similar happenings 
in the future. 

This doesn’t mean that you color every interaction with other people with the same 
feelings towards them as the people you encountered in the past, it’s more about 
awareness and avoiding giving people the same kind of unchecked power over you, 
and your emotions. Being completely frozen with fear and building a wall around 
yourself will be counterproductive. 


Learn to See a Better Future

When you start to see yourself and your future in a more positive light, it’s a lot easier to 
see possibilities that can be open to you. Instead of thinking about where things went 
wrong, you can choose to use past experiences to prepare you for the kinds of things 
that can go wrong, and be ready for them instead of taken by surprise. When you have 
a better outlook on things, it’s a lot easier to attract more positive things in life. If you’ve 
committed to making a few positive changes in life that can help you achieve goals, 
then it’s important to figure out how to lay the path that allows you to get there. 


Plan for Future Goals with a List

In order to make your goals more solid to yourself, it’s a really good idea to try making a 
list. That will allow you to see all of the things you want each day. The more focused on 
those things you become, the more likely it will be that you are motivations to make sure 
that they come true. Having the list also means that you can put the goals into an order 
of most important to least important so that you know what you should be spending 
most of your time pursuing. 


Distance Yourself from Toxic People 

This will be the hardest part of this article for a lot of people. A lot of people tie their 
worth to the amount of relationships they have even when the people in their lives aren’t 
the most positive or supportive people. This can be a huge impediment to progress, 
both professionally and personally. The best thing to do, is to assess each relationship 
you have and find out if those friends have been toxic, self-esteem damaging people, of 
if they’ve been good, uplifting friends that have helped you to see yourself in a healthier 
way. 


