Hi everyone! There was a reason I didn’t call out 2020 Resolution and instead calling it 2020 Alignment.
This is on purpose! Since I believe that once you are aligned, resolutions aren’t really needed. You automatically do what is the best for you. And what more! This alignment with your own physical, mental and emotional self, does wonders to you by drastically reducing the bad stress that you experience and dramatically increases your productivity.
Let’s take 2020 as a year to chill out a bit more and connect a lot more 🙂 We have a list of 5 simple, daily things that you can do this year to beat that stress and kickstart your year on a fantastic note!
1. Express Gratitude
Thankful people are often happy ones! And ain’t that what we strive for? Gratitude is an appreciation for what one recieves, tangible or intangible. Being grateful opens you to numerous possibilities and opportunities because you are receptive to what is on offer and make the best out of it. Multiple studies show that gratitude helps you feel more positive and improves your physical, mental and emotional health. It reduces your stress levels drastically and improves your ability to deal with adversity. Practicing gratitude in daily life aligns you to your better self and trust me nothing can be more powerful than being aligned!!!
So, get it on with a journal and start practicing gratitude on a daily basis!
2. Practice mindfulness
Mindfulness is a powerful way to align. Its a moment by moment awareness of your thoughts, feelings, emotions and everything around with a gentle, nurturing spirit. Mindfulness can turn off the fight and flight response of your nervous system by activating the parasympathetic nervous system. This in turn switches off that bad stress you have been piling on and enables you to stay focused and relaxed.
3. Practice slow yoga
I specifically mentioned slow yoga since there are umpteen number of set ups out there who do some form of yoga or the other. I personally believe, in the original, age old definition of yoga as a union! Union of mind, body and thoughts. So, a slow session of yoga with lot of emphasis on breath sync can do wonders to the stress that might be daunting you by slowing down the breath and releasing some of those happy chemicals in your brain.
4. Rationalize your To- Do list
Take a step back and look at your To-Do list. Is it too long or too over promising? Ah! Take a hang of your daily schedule and set in only as much as you an handle. Putting too much on the table on a regular can spin you around. Of course there will be days which would be crazy, and that OK. Make it a conscious choice of creating your priority list and work on it. And boy! do keep time for your rest as well there. Your body will thank you for this.
5. Make time for some hobbies/leisure activities
And make it a part of your priority list!!
When you do something you enjoy and which is out of your regular work routine, you not just use your grey cells and body, but you also fuel your creativity. And being happy makes you stay calm and helps you in managing the other aspects of your life much better. So next time, before you say that your life is too hectic to make space for anything other than work, check your priority list and ensure that you feature on the top of it!
These were extremely doable things that can be made a part of your daily life and help keep that bad stress miles away.
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