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I know the title of this post may seem a bit odd, but please let me explain why I have given it this title. Every day, I say this quote aloud to myself before I get out of bed in the morning and before I leave to go out anywhere. For me, this is a form of self-motivation and helps a lot in making me get up and be productive throughout the day, rather than just sitting inside or sleeping the day away, something I have been prone to doing in the past. I guess the point of this post is to highlight the fact that it is important to motivate yourself in whatever way helps you. Whilst this method and this particular phrase works for me, it may not be the case for everyone. Therefore, finding the right method of self-motivation whatever it may be is an important step to making every day more positive and more productive for you (I’ll talk more about other methods of self-motivation in future posts) so that you can live a happier and healthier life. If quotes are something you find u...

For me, 2014 was a rollercoaster. For me, it feels like the ups were few and far between whilst the downs seemed to dominate, resulting in my wishing to put the entire year behind me. But, I have begun to think that maybe because I wasn’t really taking note of all of the positives of the year, it felt as though they weren’t really happening at all. It seems that because the negatives overshadowed the positives and took precedent in my life, I had no idea that there were good things happening. At the end of December, I found a video on YouTube that inspired me to make a change for 2015. This guy had written down every positive thing that had happened to him throughout the year on bits of paper and placed them into a jar. For the video, he opened all of the notes and read them through as a sort of review of the year. I found this inspiring and it seemed like a perfect way to record just how many good things there are to look back on at the end of the year, no matter how negative ...