How to Focus on What You Can Control: 10 Tips for Success and Happiness

When life is overwhelming or you’re having a very stressful week then it can feel like you have no control. Like you’re a small ship being tossed around on a violent and chaotic sea. No fun for sure. At these times I find it helpful to first just focus on breathing deeply and slowly. And to pay attention only to my breath going in and out for a minute or two. This calms my body down and greatly slows my mind from spinning around in circles. After that I try to refocus. On what I actually can control. On what I can do to improve upon a situation and move forward. And in today’s post I’d like to share the tips and habits that have helped me the most with doing just that. I hope you’ll find something here that helps you out too. Now, first things first. Let’s have a look at what you can and can’t control in life. Focus on what you can control A handful of the most common things someone can control are, for example: Your actions. What you take action on or don’t. Your daily or weekly habits. What path you choose as you move forward. Your communication. What conversations you choose to engage in or walk away from, what words and tone of voice you use to communicate and the energy you bring into a conversation. Your priorities. How you allocate time to different tasks at work, how you choose to prioritize relationships, money and energy in your private life and the balance you set – or at least influence – between work and home life. Your boundari...
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