Emotional improvement

How to change your life to a better way? Most of the time I think our emotions play important life when it comes to improving our inner life. When I looked it up on Wikipedia, it says that emotion is associated with mood, temperament, personality, and disposition. Can we say that emotions are feelings? I think so. Emotion can show how we truly feel about something. Furthermore, emotions affect our behavior and how we perceive things. I can say that sometimes my emotions can play tricks on me. Once or twice I feel like I don't know which way to go because of my emotional condition. You know that woman tend to use their emotional side more often than man, right? I stumbled upon this list on this website, the list shows us the points that can improve our life by making improvement on our emotional side.

Emotional - Improve your emotional life with these simple strategies to improve your health and relationships.

• Make an effort to be happy: Whether you actually feel happy or not, make it a point to attempt happiness. It will help you feel better, as well as others around you.
• Consider religion: If you’re not a spiritual person, consider becoming more involved with religion to improve your emotional well-being.
• Stop taking things personally: Although it may seem to the contrary, know that not everyone is out to make your life harder.
• Be optimistic: Put a positive spin on things and feel better about the future. This inludes staying positive about your romantic prospects.
• Know when to lose sleep: Sometimes, you have more important things to do than sleep, but they key is knowing when that should happen.
• Step out of your comfort zone: Make it a point to step out of your comfort zone once in awhile. It’s a great way to advance yourself.
• Get rid of ill-fitting clothing: Clothes that don’t fit right will just make you look bad and feel worse about yourself. If you love a piece, but it just doesn’t look good, consider getting it tailored.
• Spend time with a child: Look at the world through a child’s eyes and get inspired. You’ll learn to appreciate simple things and see life with excitement.
• Pamper yourself: Take care of yourself, whether that means getting a pint of ice cream now and then, or just getting a spa treatment.
• Celebrate your successes: When you’ve accomplished something great, take a moment to feel good about it!
• Quit your technology addiction: Although you may love your BlackBerry, you’ll feel a whole lot better if you just step away from the screen for a while.
• Set goals: By setting goals, you’ll give yourself something to strive for and look forward to.
• Feel good about yourself: Make a decision to improve your self-confidence, and you’ll feel better. Others will notice it, too.
• Be thankful: Every now and then, take some time to acknowledge all of the good things you have in your life, big and small.
• Cut yourself some slack: Avoid inventing your own impossible, stringent rules that you have to stick to-they’ll only make you feel nervous and guilty.
• Let go of the past: Don’t hold grudges-let go, and you’ll free up emotional space.
• Don’t be dramatic: Stop inflating small problems, or you’ll make yourself more anxious than you need to be.
• Express yourself: Let your emotions come out through art, writing, or other forms of expression.
• Meditate: Take some time out every day to have an inner dialogue with yourself.

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