How To Take Time For Yourself

Taking Time for Yourself and Personal Development

When you are having trouble developing yourself into the person you want to be, one of the biggest reasons may be that you are not taking time for yourself. You need to take time for yourself because that will allow you to look inwards at yourself and determine what it is that you want. Personal development is very important if you want to be successful and a big part of that is through taking time for yourself. While part of personal development is working with others, a large part of it is ensuring that you are also looking at yourself and doing things for yourself. So, here are some ways that you can take time for yourself.

1. Each day, whether it is for five minutes or one hour, stop what you are doing and relax. Just sit back and think about what is going on in your day, what is going on in your life and enjoy the quiet. After you do this a few times you will begin to enjoy the time and even look forward to it.

2. Take time to be optimistic about your life. This means that you take time to think about your life and if you are having problems in your day, then determine what you could do to make it better. Think about things that make you happy and what you can do to ensure you keep being happy. Be optimistic during the time you take for yourself and before you know it, that optimism will spread to other parts of your life.

3. During the time you take for yourself, look at your goals and what you want to do with your life. Think about your goals and how you are going to reach them. Think about the things that make you happy and think about what you are going to do to ensure you reach your goals. Taking time for yourself is a lot about goal setting because you can sit back and determine what goals you want to reach and how you are going to reach each of those goals.

4. Talk to your friends and family and let them know that you are taking time for yourself. Tell them that this time is for your personal reflection and that means no interruptions. Do not take phone calls from anyone and ensure those in your house know to leave you alone.

5. During your time, turn off the television, turn off the computer and sit down so you can be in your own mind. This keeps distractions from becoming a problem and it keeps you from worrying about things, or thinking about anything beyond what you need to.

Personal development will change your life but you need to make time for it and that means making time for yourself. Do not skimp on time for yourself because you want to ensure that you do everything right and reach the goals you want. Time for yourself allows you to think, plan and implement towards that end.

To streamline and minimize blog maintenance, I will be discontinuing maintaining the Simplepersonaldevelopment.com website (however, I will still hold the domain). I will gradually move all articles from this site to Ahmed Dawn Dot Com. This article originally published on the above website on June 5, 2010.

How to Deal With Stress

Stress Relief Tips

If you are going to better yourself and develop yourself to achieve your life goals, one of the biggest hurdles you need to overcome is stress. Stress is something that weighs us down and holds us back. It is an albatross around our necks that refuses to let go. It is something that must be defeated if you are going to achieve success in your life.

Stress can come from many different sources including your job, your relationships, your finances or even how your favourite sports team is doing. Staying in a stressful situation for long enough and you will begin to develop health problems. Many doctors theorize that as many as 90 percent of the health problems people face is as a result of stress.

So, how do you get rid of it?

1. The first thing you need to do is to look at what is causing you stress and remove that thing. If finances are causing you stress, begin to put together a budget that will help you manage what you have more effectively. If your job gives you stress, then it may be time to find a new job.

2. Try to find time for yourself. It is very important that when you begin to feel stressed, you take time for yourself by backing away from what is causing you stress. If you are at work and things are really starting to stress you out, just get up and take a five minute breather. Go to a break room or just stand outside in the sunshine. You will be surprised by how much this can help you.

3. Begin doing things that are considered to be stress relievers. This can be a wide variety of items including, but not limited to, meditation, yoga, walking and even just taking a nap.

4. Get some exercise. Studies show that exercise helps to release endorphins in the body and that makes you feel better. Not only that, you also get healthier and a healthier body is able to deal with stress more effectively.

5. Spend time with those that you love. It is surprising just how stress can melt away when you are spending time with those you love. You can laugh with them, talk with them and feel the stress melt away. That is why family and friends is something that can help your stress become less of a problem.

Being stressed is not a good situation to be in. Many people feel as though they are trapped in the stressful situation and that is no way to get out of it and begin moving forward with your life. If you want to get out of the situation and better yourself, then you need to find ways to beat the stress and you can beat the stress. Don’t think it is not possible because it is. Just follow these tips and the stress will disappear before you know it. Stress does not have to rule your life, so do not let it.

To streamline and minimize blog maintenance, I will be discontinuing maintaining the Simplepersonaldevelopment.com website (however, I will still hold the domain). I will gradually move all articles from this site to Ahmed Dawn Dot Com. This article originally published on the above website on May 15, 2010

How to have a Positive Attitude in Your Life

Having a Positive Attitude in Your Life

One of the most important things you can do for yourself is to have a positive attitude in your life. With a positive attitude, you will find your life completely changes based on the fact that you are seeing things in a brighter and happier way. It is vitally important for any amount of personal development that you have a positive attitude as well. If you do not have a positive attitude, you will doubt your ability to improve upon yourself, and that is a nail in the coffin of personal development. As well, have a positive attitude can help you reduce your stress and a reduction in stress is important for your health. So, how can you have a positive attitude in your life to aid your personal development? Follow these easy steps to make it happen.

1. Start being passionate about the things in your life. Get right into things and follow the philosophy of Carpe Diem, which is Latin for Seize the Day. With this attitude, you will enjoy life more and you will work to continually improve upon yourself as a result.

2. Be grateful for what you have. Your philosophy towards personal development should be one of being grateful for what you have, and to always achieve more with your life.

3. Whenever an opportunity presents itself, seize it. One of the worst things in terms of personal development is regret. Even if the opportunity does not work out, you will have taken the risk to make it happen. When it succeeds, you will find new confidence in yourself and that allows you to make even more personal development decisions.

4. Instead of reacting to situations, act on situations. If you wait for something bad to happen, it probably will and this is why you have to make good things happen by being proactive with situations.

5. Keep laughing and always try to have a good sense of humor about situations. When you find humor in situations that most people would not, you will find it is easier to conquer challenges and easier to make a bad situation turn good. With a good sense of humor, you can have a positive attitude and that will help your personal development.

6. You are in charge of your life and you need to remember that when you are going through personal development changes. You are in charge and no one can tell you what is good or bad for your life. Yes, you can listen to the advice of others, but you should always ensure you make a decision based on what you want, rather than what they want.

Personal development is something that is important if you want to change your life, but to change your life you need to have the right attitude. The right attitude is highly important because you need to trust your decisions and to know that you can make the changes in your life that you want. Depression is something that can hinder personal development, and having a positive attitude keeps depression at bay. In the end, you will be happy you had a positive attitude, and your life will have changed forever.

To streamline and minimize blog maintenance, I will be discontinuing maintaining the Simplepersonaldevelopment.com website (however, I will still hold the domain). I will gradually move all articles from this site to Ahmed Dawn Dot Com. This article originally published on the above website on Mar 13, 2010

How To Get Free Marriage Counseling

How To Get Free Relationship Therapy

First Published: February 25, 2009 ADawnJournal.com

Therapy can be very expensive. If your budget allows it, don’t think too much about these fees and spending a lot of money. This is not an expense; think of this as an investment towards your future. If your budget does not allow it, paying for therapy can be really challenging. However, there are ways you can find therapy for free or for cheap.

1. Try group therapy – If you don’t mind sharing your differences with others. Group therapy can cost $25 per hour, while typical individual therapy can run from $100 to $200 per hour. To find group therapy in your area, search for group therapy your area on line.

2. Sliding Scale – Ask your therapists if they can change according to income. This option is called sliding scale. Many therapists offer this nowadays. Don’t be afraid or shy to ask.

3. Government Programs – There are many free government programs available to help with counseling. Call your social services office and they will be able to find you an appropriate agency.

4. Employee Assistance Programs – If you are employed, most likely you have these programs through your work. These are confidential, free, and good quality therapy programs. There may be some restrictions. Check with your HR.

5. Charities and Religious Organizations – Many charities and religious groups (churches, synagogues, mosques etc) offer free or low-cost therapy services. Some of these organizations have their own therapists and some of them can help you find free or low-cost therapists according to your needs. Don’t be afraid to check with different faith than yours institutions. It’s unlikely that they will refuse you to serve because you are from a different religion.

6. Friends and Family – Another option would be to talk to someone you highly regard as a well-knowledgeable person on this marriage/relationship/family issues. This person can be your friend, an elderly member of your family, or someone in your neighbourhood. Although this person may not be able to provide professional counseling like a licensed therapist, it is good talk to someone rather than no one at all.

7. Try This – If you are not able to follow any one the five tips I mentioned above, doing the following should get you a free therapist.
Search online by entering these keyword phrases:
A. Free marriage Counseling Resources in Toronto
B. Toronto free marriage therapy community services

NB – Replace Toronto with your own city name.

Why Optimism Is Important?

The Importance of Optimism

When you are trying to develop yourself personally, one of the most important things to do is to be optimistic. If you are not optimistic, you are holding yourself back and doing yourself no favours. You are not helping yourself and you are not aiding your development in the least. Probably the biggest reason why people begin to suffer in personal development is because they are not optimistic. As a result, you need to learn how to be optimistic so that you can achieve the most out of your life.

1. First things first, you need to get rid of the thought that the world is against you, that you have bad luck, or that you are not going to succeed at what you try. If you are pessimistic, you are not doing yourself any help and the sooner you get rid of this thought, the better off you are going to be.

2. Just because you have had difficulty in the past, that does not mean you are going to have trouble in the future. If you have failed at something before, does that mean you are going to fail at it in the future? No, not in the least. All you do when you think that the past will influence your future is create a self-fulfilling prophesy for yourself.

3. Probably the most difficult thing for a person to do is to take responsibility for their life. Often a pessimistic person will say they are the result of bad things, not the cause of it. If someone is not happy with their life, they will say that fate is against them, rather than taking responsibility for their own existence. If you are optimistic, you know that you, and only you, have the power to change things in your life. To develop yourself personally, you need to take responsibility for yourself.

4. Carpe Diem. This means “Seize the Day” in Latin and it is very important that you do seize the day in your life. You want to remember that life is short and when you do that, you will stop thinking about the things that go wrong and you will want to take advantage of the time you have left and enjoy life. To be optimistic, you have to accept that the end will come, and by doing that you will be able to appreciate life you have and feel happy about it.

5. Keep it all balanced. You do not have to be a total optimist, because if you believe nothing bad will happen then you may be a bit surprised when it does. Instead, be optimistic but be ready for things not to work out. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. This is what being an optimist is all about.

Being optimistic is important if you want to be happy and successful and if you are going to develop yourself personally, then you need to be positive about the future. The minute you get pessimistic, you have lost all the headway you made being optimistic.

To streamline and minimize blog maintenance, I will be discontinuing maintaining the Simplepersonaldevelopment.com website (however, I will still hold the domain). I will gradually move all articles from this site to Ahmed Dawn Dot Com. This article originally published on the above website on Apr 18, 2010