{"id":8545,"date":"2011-12-30T00:21:23","date_gmt":"2011-12-30T08:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/?p=8545"},"modified":"2015-06-11T21:22:03","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T05:22:03","slug":"how-to-make-every-day-a-fresh-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/how-to-make-every-day-a-fresh-start\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Make Every Day a Fresh Start"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Screen-shot-2011-12-29-at-2.52.25-PM.png\"><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em>\u201cIntentions compressed into words enfold magical power. \u201c<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em> &#8211;\u00a0 <strong>Deepak Chopra<\/strong><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>It does not have to be January 1<sup>st<\/sup> to give yourself a chance to make the most out of your day \u2013 and your life.\u00a0 Every day is a new day and a fresh start to learn, grow, develop your strengths, heal yourself from past regrets or hurts, and move forward older and wiser.\u00a0 Every day gives you a chance to reinvent yourself, to fine-tune who you are, and build on lessons of what you have learned. \u00a0 It is never too late to change things that are not working in your life and switch gears, instead of thinking in the same old ways, hoping for a different outcome.<\/p>\n<p>Be nimble, be flexible, and keep and open mind to start each day anew!\u00a0 <em>Flexibility is the key<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>Ask yourself: How do you wake up each day?\u00a0 Do you start your day going already feeling pressured and rushed?\u00a0 Do you go through the morning routine without much thought at all,\u00a0 doing what you \u201chave to do\u201d to start your day?<\/p>\n<p>How about starting each new day with a moment to stop, breathe and think of a positive intention for the day.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Think not just what you want to DO, but how you want to BE today?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Each day is a new beginning and a blank slate.\u00a0 How would you like to create your day?\u00a0 Think of it as a blank canvas &#8211; what would you like to paint on it. \u00a0 What can you create?\u00a0 If you wake up in a negative mindset, you are more likely to paint a dark picture throughout the day, and your canvas will not reflect hope, happiness and joy.<\/p>\n<p>If you take each day to think positively, and have a positive intention for how you would like to create your day, how would your life be different? \u00a0 What positive outcome can reflect your positive intention?<\/p>\n<p>What can daily positive intentions do for you?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Every day you will give yourself the gift of an \u201cattitude of gratitude.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Visualizing how you would like your day will help release positive\u00a0energy from within you and you will attract more positive energy\u00a0from those around you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Instead of spinning your wheels in an old way of thinking, each day is a\u00a0chance to reframe and re-look at things in a different way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You can experience each day an awe in the beauty and creation of the\u00a0world &#8211; and the beauty of you who is in it!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You find yourself shifting from an \u201c\u201dI can\u2019t mindset\u201d to an \u201cI can\u201d mindset.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>With a focus on positive intentions, you feel more empowered and\u00a0more like a\u00a0\u201cvictor\u201d than a\u00a0\u201cvictim.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You are more mindful of the present, and will be more likely to live fully\u00a0in the present each moment of each day. After all, the\u00a0past is a\u00a0great place to visit, but you don\u2019t want to live there!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So how about starting each day taking a moment to think of a positive intention for the day?\u00a0 Each morning, write it down and reflect each evening on how you did!<\/p>\n<p>Here are examples of Positive Intentions:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday I would like to replace my feelings of annoyance towards my\u00a0co-worker to feelings of acceptance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am looking forward today to focusing on what I am grateful for in my life, rather than what is missing, and express gratefulness to others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday I want to slow my life down and take time to savor the moment, especially with my children\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Using each day to recommit yourself to positive thinking and intention will help you create the life you want and that you deserve!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p><em>Judy Belmont, MS., LPC is a media mental health expert, a wellness speaker and corporate trainer, and the co-author of \u201cThe Swiss Cheese Theory of Life: \u00a0<em>How To Get Through Life&#8217;s Holes Without Getting Stuck In Them!\u201d <\/em>Her web site is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.judybelmont.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.judybelmont.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ask yourself: How do you wake up each day?  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