Eight Tips For Living Your Best Life Now

• Write letters to loved ones telling them how much they mean to you, before it's too late: Avoid the regret many feel in losing a loved one by writing Loving Letters to loved ones who have had a significant positive impact in your life. This single act will ensure you the peace of mind that loved ones knew how much they were loved.
• Spend time jou
aling: Many people who keep jou
als can attest to the therapeutic effects of keeping a journal. In writing on a regular basis, you can self-assess, relieve stress, heal emotional wounds, work through problems and plan for the fabulous future.
• Live as if you were dying: Thinking about mortality (our own and that of those we love) helps us to clearly focus on the things that are most important to us and helps us to keep our priorities in order.
• Reduce stress at home: no Leave work-related troubles at the office and don't let them spill over into your personal life. no Schedule “dates” with family and friends. Once the dates are in the calendar, these appointments are more likely to be kept. no Make time for yourself: Whether it's an hour or a day, taking time to do what you like best will help to keep your spirits up through the week.
• Practice Gratitude: Being grateful and expressing gratitude for all we have in our lives puts us in a positive state of mind and in a position to receive more of what we want in life. Take a few minutes every day to acknowledge all that is good in your life – your life, your health, the people and things you treasure most.
• Practice Forgiveness: Being resentful and holding grudges for past hurts and perceived wrongs can be a burdensome. Relieving those negative emotions by forgiving yourself and others is like opening the door to a jail cell and one of the greatest gifts you can ever give.
• Be of Service to others: Helping others – friends and strangers alike - in even the slightest way will give you a tremendous sense of satisfaction like no other. At every possible opportunity, give of your time and/or money.
• Find Your Happiness: If you are waiting for happiness to somehow magically appear in your life, you have a long wait ahead of you. If you are relying on someone else to make you happy, you have misplaced your trust. The only person who can make you happy is you. And if you truly want it, you must relentlessly seek it out.