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5 Minutes To Change Your Life

  • Apr 6, 2022
  • 2 min read

Written by: Tajana Velikinac, Executive Contributor

Executive Contributors at Brainz Magazine are handpicked and invited to contribute because of their knowledge and valuable insight within their area of expertise.

It takes only 5 minutes to change something in your life or improve. Whatever you did so far you can always do better or different the next day. Stop punishing and criticising yourself or having negative self-talk in your head, stop thinking that you are too old, that you are not good enough, or smart enough.


Accepting yourself means loving yourself! Spend some positive and quality time with yourself during the day, enjoy your little activity, and give yourself the love and attention that you deserve. Be Yourself, Love Yourself!

1. Meditation


Meditate every day for at least 5 minutes. Meditation has a long history of use for increasing calmness and physical relaxation, improving psychological balance, health and well-being. Even if you don’t meditate, do your deep breathing at least a few minutes per day, also known as stomach breathing, which helps calm you down and let go of your worries.


2. Gratefulness


Gratefulness will bring you more prosperity in your life if you practice every day. Each day finds a few things that you are grateful for and have the attitude of gratitude. When we are too occupied with various challenges that life brings us, we cannot see clearly how happy, loved, and successful we are.


3. Mirror work


When was the last time that you say someone, I love you? When was the last time you said, I love you to yourself? Often when we use a mirror, we are checking our outfits, some of us criticise ourselves, and some, unfortunately, avoid the mirror. How you see your reflection is the same as how others see you. Give yourself the love and attention that you seek from others.


4. Observing


When we are aware, we can better understand our emotions and learn how to prevent negative emotions. You can’t be clear about what do you want if you are not clear about yourself. How well do you know your personal value? The more we are willing to love and trust who we are, the more we attract these qualities to ourselves. Pay attention to what bothers you about other people and what is your reaction in a different situation.


5. Writing


Writing is a great way to express your emotions and creativity, a good to let go of negative thoughts and beliefs. Writing down your ideas, thoughts, plans, gratitude, etc., helps you to know yourself better, your proactivity, your beliefs, and do you feed your mind with love or fear.


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Tajana Velikinac, Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine

Tajana is an international Empowerment Coach and motivational teacher. Teaches people about awareness and supports them in their life challenges. To be aware of yourself means to know yourself, not what others have taught you. It is a process of rewriting your unconscious mind. Love yourself means to accept yourself as you are.

 
 

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