23 Dec If You Had A Rough 2022, Use This Mental Exercise To Dramatically Increase Your Wellbeing
The last few years have been tough for most of us.
So, it’s worth repeating that … it’s OK not to feel OK (all the time).
But that doesn’t mean you have to be “not OK” forever; or that 2023 can’t be better.
If, therefore, you’d like to boost your health and happiness, your wellbeing and more in this coming year then read on …
via Forbes by Mark Murphy
Anyone would be forgiven for feeling a bit down as 2022 ends. With fears of a looming recession, layoffs, work burnout, and, of course, the stress of the holidays, 2022 hasn’t been easy.
But as strange as it sounds, those hardships you endured actually benefited you. To be sure, life would likely have been better if you had never experienced those hardships, but you did, so now it’s time to use them to your advantage.
What you’re going to develop falls under the umbrella of optimism. Optimism is not putting a positive spin on every experience, no matter how horrible; that’s called toxic positivity. Instead, optimism is the belief that you’re going to experience positive outcomes with the caveat that optimists expect good things to happen contingent on their active participation.
There are myriad studies on optimism, and virtually all show that outcomes are improved when people are optimistic rather than pessimistic. For example, in one study of angioplasty patients, pessimists were three times more likely than optimists to have heart attacks or require repeat angioplasties or bypass operations.
Given all that, how do you actually boost your optimism and find some benefits from a crazy year?
First … keep reading the full & original article HERE