{"id":55266,"date":"2018-02-12T19:43:12","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T03:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/?p=55266"},"modified":"2018-02-12T19:44:19","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T03:44:19","slug":"10-ways-of-getting-through-difficult-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/10-ways-of-getting-through-difficult-times\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Ways to Get Through Difficult Times"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cEverything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms\u2014to choose one\u2019s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one\u2019s own way.\u201d – Victor Frankl<\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Life can throw things at us that catch us off guard, sometimes even multiple things at once.\u00a0 And this can leave us feeling afraid, frustrated, confused, angry and sometimes even helpless.<\/p>\n

And trust me I have been there before, its not a nice place to be in. But I am here to tell you that it\u2019s not impossible to get through and a lot of the time isn’t as bad as you think it is. So today I am going to be sharing with you 10 ways you can get through the difficult times in your life.<\/p>\n

1. Accept it<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Remember no amount of worry, complaining or beating yourself up is going to change the obstacle before you. So you may as well accept it. \u201cWhat you resist persists\u201d. Just like in nature if you apply friction to anything it creates heat. So if you try to resist and push against your obstacle through worry or wishing it didn\u2019t happen it is only going to make things worse. This isn\u2019t to say that you can\u2019t take a minute to think to yourself \u201cwell this sucks!\u201d and even vent about it.<\/p>\n

Just don\u2019t stay in that mindset for too long because it will prevent you from moving forward.<\/p>\n

2. Change your perspective<\/strong><\/h1>\n

You see we choose the way we look at things. So it is important we ask ourselves if our perspective is truly giving us perspective <\/em>or is it what is actually causing the problem. While we can\u2019t change the obstacles themselves we do have control over how an obstacle appears to us.<\/p>\n

You see problems in our lives are usually never as bad as we think or rather they are precisely as bad as we think. Or as the late Wayne Dyer once said:<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cWhen you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change\u201d.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

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    Take Action<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    When things come up in our lives, most of us simply pretend it doesn\u2019t exist. Some people go out and party, others treat themselves, sleep in or worst of all wait, as if the problem will somehow unproblem<\/em> itself.\u00a0 But we know deep down that isn\u2019t truly going to make it any better. Instead we have to act. As Robert Frost once said:<\/p>\n

    \u201cThe only way out is through\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

    You see a lot of the time most of us know what our problems\u00a0 are and may even know what to do about them.<\/p>\n

    But we fear taking action because we don\u2019t want to have to go through that intial feeling of actually doing something about our problem or we feel that it will be too much work to do anything about it.<\/p>\n

    Both are false conceptions, you\u2019ve got to start to go anywhere. And once you actually start you will find that it naturally builds momentum.<\/p>\n

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      Find the Opportunities in the Obstacles<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      We have already spoken on the importance of changing our perception towards an obstacle but this takes it a step further. It means seeing through our seemingly negative situation and finding it\u2019s positive.\u00a0 By changing our perception of our problem we can learn to see an opportunity or advantage in every problem. Transforming our problem into an education, a skill set, a fortune or a way to help others.<\/p>\n

      We all presented with obstacles in our lives from time to time, often times when we least expect them. But what matters most is not necessarily what our obstacles are but how we see them and how we react to them. Where one person sees crisis, another sees opportunity.<\/p>\n

      Seen properly everything that happens to us can be used as a way to move us forward. This means flipping the obstacles that life throws at us by improving not only in spite of them, but because<\/em> of them. You see more often than not beneath the seemingly negative packaging of the problems in our lives, is something of real value. A gift of great benefit. We just have to know how to find it.<\/p>\n

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        Live in the Present Moment<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Sometimes the best way to see through a problem and to see it more clearly is actually to allow your mind to relax. Some of the best methods for this include:<\/p>\n