6 Tips That Are Helpful In Staying More Positive

There’s no denying that life can be difficult sometimes. Hard times are made even harder with an attitude that borders on Eeyore from Winnie The Pooh, rather than Tigger. But, we can all learn how to be more positive, you simply need to start implementing new practices into your life that help you to reframe your mindset.

While learning how to be positive isn’t going to happen overnight, you will notice small changes pretty quickly.

Knowing how to see the bright side of any given situation will help you avoid getting into any negative slumps. You’ll face a difficult situation and be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel. But it’s not exactly as easy as just deciding to be more positive.

The great thing is that you can change your life around even if you’re a primarily negative person by default. And yes, being pessimistic or optimistic is something that your brain is automatically wired to be. You can blame cave people for this.

Basically, back in the days when there were threats to survival around every single corner, a negative mindset helped to identify dangerous situations and take action. But, these days, we don’t have half as many threatening situations to face every second of the day. The problem? The human brain hasn’t really caught up with that fact yet.

# Start your day with positive thoughts

You won’t wake up on the right side of the bed every day. You’ll probably have some mornings where you just want to hide away from the world. But instead of wallowing in your angst, think positively.

Focus on getting up every day and telling yourself a few positive things about yourself and your life. Listing those things off every morning can help your brain get into the habit of waking up in a good mood.

# Step away from negative situations

There will always be bad stuff going on in your life from time to time. The best thing you can do to get away from that is to just walk away.

When something is upsetting you or someone is making you angry, remove yourself from that situation or person and calm down. Put your positive thinking cap on and get back to your happy place.

# Get rid of negative people in your life *if you can*

Negative people are like leeches. They don’t have any positivity for themselves so they basically have to steal all of yours, leaving you nothing but negativity. Get rid of them. We know it might be hard but in order to better your life and become more positive, the people weighing you down need to go.

If you can’t actually step away from them, at least set boundaries and spend less time with them. Your happiness is important – always remember that.

# Surround yourself with positive people

Just as negative people can make you feel worse, positive people will only add to your positivity. They’ll make you feel better.

It pays to surround yourself with people who always seem to be in a good mood. That mood will be certain to rub off on you and you’ll be more positive because of it.

# Reframe negative thoughts when they crop up and you’ll learn how to be more positive

This might take some getting used to, but you can definitely learn how to do it. Whenever you notice yourself being overly negative and down about a situation, just stop those thoughts. Start thinking of something that makes you happy instead and soon enough, your brain will default to positive thoughts.

If you find the same thought popping up a lot, reframe it into something positive instead. So, if you’re always thinking how horrible the rain is, start thinking about how nourishing it is for the trees.

It sounds difficult, but the more you repeat the positive thought, the more likely your brain will think of it first.

# Practice gratitude and be grateful for what you have

Truth be told, your life probably isn’t as bad as you think it is. Take a good hard look around and see how much greatness you have. Taking a minute every day to just appreciate what you have can make you be a lot more positive. You’ll start looking at the good things instead of focusing on the negative all the time.

Why not keep a gratitude diary? Write down three things every day that you’re grateful for from that particular day. They can be tiny, medium, or big, it doesn’t matter. You’ll soon start to realize that your life is pretty blessed.