9 Things You Need to Stop Doing to Start Living a Happier and Self-Kinder Life

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.”’ Helen Keller “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” Mahatma Gandhi Living a life where you're happier and kinder towards yourself is not just about what you can do. But also about what you are already doing. And especially those habits that do have a negative and unhappy impact on your life. So this week I'd like to share 9 such habits. And what have helped me a whole lot to do instead. 1. Stop overthinking. Overthinking can make any issue seem bigger and scarier than it actually is. It can hold you back in life and from taking action. What to do instead: Set short time-limits for decisions. For example: For small decisions like if should go and do the laundry, start writing a new article or work out I usually give myself 30 seconds or less to make a decision.  For somewhat larger decisions that would have taken me days or weeks to think through in the past I set a deadline for 30 minutes or at least for the end of the workday. Keep a simple reminder where you cannot avoid seeing it every day. A note that said “Keep things extremely simple” on the white board I saw many times each day helped me greatly to – over time – minimize my overthinking. 2. Stop swimming in the sea of the most negative voices. Our happiness is greatly inf...
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