The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. — Lao Tzu
Distance is nothing to fear, but taking the first step is difficult. –Marie B. D. Mary Dee. Mrs. Défense
Wanting to make a positive change in Life doesn’t mean making a huge leap. And I believe that faith, among many other factors, can keep people away from the fast life and the world. (Translator’s note: The author advocates slow living, starting with the smallest details, building up to change life slowly)
A simple approach is formed only after many practical actions, and in the process, new habits are established. At least that’s how it seems to me, maybe it’s a very small step, but it’s something to do over and over again. So, there are 10 ways to change your life, and it only takes about 2 minutes a day. Taking these small steps will help you build habits and make them stronger. In Time, your life will change dramatically in a way that you can’t imagine right now.
To remember to actually perform each of these things each day that follows, write down a list to use as a reminder to yourself. Put it on your bedside table so you can see it every day when you wake up; or, put it in your work area so you can see it first thing in the morning when you get to work. If you like, and if possible, after one or two weeks, detail the habit you want to develop and spend a little more time on it each day.
Get to the most important work in 1.2 minutes
I use this method at least one day a week. Because sometimes I just don’t want to work and just want to lie on the couch and be lazy. So, whenever that happens, I let myself get to the most important work within 2 minutes. Well, that’s how it goes.
Here’s the thing: getting started is the hardest part. Once you’ve taken action and put in 2 minutes of work, it’s easier and simpler to get on with it.
- At the end of the day, reflect and take stock
If you did a good job on the day and did it well, it will boost your self-esteem. (Like this) If you think deeply about what you did, then you are right. So, when the workday is over, take 2 minutes to reflect on what you did and what you thought today.
That’s what I’m about to do, as I finish writing this post to end the day.
- Set a low standard for a happy day.
Lately, I’ve been telling myself this a lot when I wake up in the morning: set a low standard for a happy day.
When I tell myself this and keep it in mind to do so, I find that I am grateful for more and more things – Food, work, weather …… the little things in life become less routine and allow me to take joy in them. So it seems that the little things that are taken for granted can become unusual, so now in life, I often pause to accept and appreciate them.
But if I become happier because of these little things in my daily life, does that mean I will be unmotivated to continue working to challenge my bigger goals?
Apparently not.
In fact, this perspective on life gives me more energy, inspiration, and joy, and life becomes easier, and I am less anxious whether I am dealing with big or small things.
- When you feel stressed, take a deep breath
When stress strikes you, when you start to feel anxious, angry, afraid …… this time, take 2 minutes to sit down and breathe deeply with your abdomen. Concentrating on breathing deeply for 2 minutes will help your mind and body calm down. This way you will be in a calm mood and continue to start working.
- Open yourself to feel everything here
Wake up and stop looking back at past conflicts that have sent you into a spiral of frustration; wake up and stop imagining what disaster will happen in the next meeting, appointment, or presentation in the future. Please situate yourself and your situation in the present moment, yes, live in the present, here and now.
Meditate for 2 minutes: look directly in front of you, listen to the birds chirping and cats chirping outside, feel the spring sun shining through the glass on your coat and skin. Feel the small air currents coming through one of the windows, feel the scent of the flowers and the leaves on your face.
Take 2 minutes and open all your sensory nerves to feel it. It helps to calm your mind and body. Then, creative ideas will easily pop up and positive perspectives will naturally arise.
- When you want to judge someone
When you want to judge someone, whether you know them or not, it’s a good time to set aside 2 minutes to ask yourself two questions: What about this person do you also see in yourself? Does he/she like me?
Why do this instead of continuing to judge TA?
Because no one wants to be judged negatively, and it’s not conducive to building good relationships with others when you do. Besides, where you judge others, you may have a similar problem. So, this can help you to live with a more positive attitude: when you want to comment on a person, first pause; then make a better judgment or choice.
- Give others sincere compliments
Spend one minute to collect some messages from the person you sincerely admire, and when you do so, you will find that you have reached a consensus with the other person to some extent. Take another minute to express your compliments to that person.
While they are happy, you will also be happy yourself and get positive energy from them. This is a superb way to build positive relationships with others.
- Hugs
A hug may seem like a small thing, but physical closeness can reduce stress and make us feel good. So take 2 minutes to give someone close to you a hug, just like a compliment, and it’s an easy way to build warm and positive relationships with all kinds of people in your life. But before you hug, use your common sense judgment. (Translator’s note: such as the choice of who to hug and in what way)
- Be interested, not just interesting
When starting a conversation, or to break the ice, take 2 minutes to ask a question or questions about the other person and their life.
Pay more attention to the person you are talking to instead of passively waiting for someone to come to you to talk. By paying more attention to him, you will get something in return. You will not only break the awkwardness and talk freely with each other, but you will also build a reciprocal relationship with each other, no matter how far this relationship will go.
- Confusion treatment
Sometimes you may want to try in the opposite direction, if you often love meat, then try vegetables; face conflict, try to go around, before it is made worse by you; for the past you insist on something, how about openly face; if you often say “no If you say “no” a lot, then try saying “yes” lightly, and treat your daily life with the occasional need for tolerance.
Whether you are in a normal or negative situation today, take 2 minutes or less to pause, reflect briefly, and then make a decision that may bring you unusual results.
You’ll find that the habit of “chaos processing” gives you a lot of pleasure: it improves your life in big and small ways, it adds to your unexpected You’ll also be able to step more comfortably out of your comfort zone and reach out to the masses when you need to. (Life just, slowly, becomes different.)
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