There is always the possibility, with a positive attitude, to turn a bad day into a good one. I tried one of the following ways to do this. In every country of the world, people set new goals and make promises to achieve themselves. If you don't feel like setting goals because of the feeling of uncertainty given by the pandemic this year, keep reading. Setting goals has positive effects such as motivating us and making us realize what our priorities are. Thanks to our goals, we can understand what our expectations from life are. Especially in this period we are going through, setting goals and achieving them can help us deal with the uncertainty caused by the pandemic. It can increase our level of optimism and hope.
Bad days take all your energy. If you're having a bad day, everything you do takes less energy than a normal day. Don't make yourself a huge list of things to do. Make a priority list and don't list your 100% necessary and not urgent jobs. That way, you'll feel better.
Believe that your day will be good!
Believe that your day will be good!
Here is how much, according to research.
It is possible to reduce daily stress with small measures.
It is a small albeit in everyday life. Do not think of others
Has anyone ever said that when you're having a bad day, you should think about people who are less fortunate than you? This is supposed to help you feel better, but it really isn't. While you are already feeling bad, thinking about other People's bad luck will make you feel even worse.
You probably prefer to lie on the sofa in your pajamas instead of getting up and getting dressed on days when you feel bad. Get dressed now and go to exercise. If you are a member of a gym, run or walk on the treadmill for an hour. If you don't have a membership, take a walk around your house or somewhere on the beach. Exercise helps your body to release happiness hormones. Also, instead of feeling guilty about slumbering at home, you experience the satiety of doing something useful.
Setting goals is very important for our mental health. As research shows, goal setting has positive effects on our well-being. In a study investigating the relationship between goal setting and well-being, one of the groups participated in short 1-hour sessions in which they set goals. When the researchers compared those who participated in these goal setting sessions and those who did not, they observed that there was a relationship between goal setting and subjective well-being. Another study revealed that setting goals positively contributed to the treatment processes of adults receiving depression treatment.
There are some issues we need to pay attention to in order to achieve our goals. Edwin Locke and Gary Latham explained the “5 principles of goal setting” that will be useful in the realization of our goals in “goal setting theories”. These are clarity, challenge, commitment, feedback, and task difficulty, respectively.
According to Locke and Latham, setting specific and specific goals will help us achieve our goals. Difficult and challenging goals will push us to think bigger, which will help us achieve more. In addition to these, our commitment to our goals will enable us to reach our goals more easily. Again, according to Locke and Latham, we understand what we did right or wrong while achieving our goals thanks to feedback. It is also important to set goals that match the challenge of the task. When we set more challenging goals, we can perform at a higher level.
Yes, some of us may find it unnecessary to set goals in this period. However, it should not be forgotten that setting goals for ourselves and seeing that we achieve our goals is very important, as it may lead us to gain the sense of control we lost due to the pandemic period. So, we shouldn't let ourselves go just because there is a pandemic, and we should cling to achieving our goals.
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