How to Turn Your Life Around

This method worked for me!

I was a cigarette and pot-smoking selfish party animal.  I didn’t exercise.  I was on anti-depressant and anti-anxiety medication for years.  I was miserable virtually all of the time, and could never figure out why.  Relationships in my life were continually falling apart.  A significant event happened in my life one day that forced me to completely re-evaluate the way I lived my life.  

I made the decision to turn this terrible, significant event into something positive, and so began my journey of first stopping destructive behaviours (such as smoking) and then introducing positive behaviours (I am now training to run a marathon in a few months).  I still have bad days, and I am by no means “perfect” but I am infinitely happier now, and I am emitting positive energy to those around me.  I sleep well.  I am happy to be alive.

You can do it!

Time to be happy

Many people live their lives being unhappy almost all the time.  This is not the way it is supposed to be!  A great way to introduce happiness into one’s life is to start removing the negative things that are making them unhappy, and then begin to replace them with positive things.

Perhaps a person wants to lose weight, stop gambling, stop drinking, become healthy, heal relationships, or just take steps to feel better about who they are.

This method is very simple and if you are willing to make the commitment to take control of your life you can most certainly turn your life in a direction that is much more fulfilling and happy than it is today.

Here’s how it works:

First, accept the fact that permanent, sustainable change of any kind takes time.  Be patient, but remember, by simply reading this far, you have already taken a step in the right direction and you can consider yourself on the way to a happier existence.

1. Stop Behaviours

Begin by identifying one thing you can STOP doing, that, if you can permanently stop doing it, you will get a huge benefit from it in terms of the quality of your relationships with others and how you feel about yourself.  If your goal is to lose weight and become fit, it could be that your first change is to pick one of your favourite unhealthy foods and stop eating it.  If alcohol is what you need to stop, then imagine how could your life would be without it, and decide to stop drinking.  This first step will likely be the toughest one, and it is a huge decision to start down the path of being happier, but just imagine how good life would be if you pick the one thing that is doing the most damage to your life and your happiness and stop doing it.  Keep your eye on that prize.