{"id":217,"date":"2024-09-03T15:07:28","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T15:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.recharge360.com\/een-positieve-mindset-dankzij-1-simpele-gewoonte\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T11:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T11:15:10","slug":"positive-mindset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recharge360.com\/en\/blogs\/positive-mindset\/","title":{"rendered":"A positive mindset thanks to 1 simple habit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Simple, and extremely effective. The way to make a positive mindset<\/strong> to create is to jot down your personal highlights of the day. Make it part of your evening routine - then preferably use paper, such as a Gratitude Journal, and not a phone screen - or do it first thing in the morning so you start the day on a positive note.<\/p>\n

When you dwell on positive things, you become calmer, happier and more social. In addition, people who regularly keep a gratitude journal have stronger immune systems, less high blood pressure and fewer health issues. Again, something to be happy about.<\/p>\n

This is how you create a positive mindset<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Write down three things that you consider the highlight of the day behind you. Be as specific as possible, so do not write, \"I had a great workout,\" but write, \"I was proud to have run ten kilometers within the hour for the first time.<\/p>\n

Robert Emmons, professor at the University of California, has the following tips.<\/a> Focus on persons you are grateful for, not things. Research<\/a> by his colleague Sonja Lyobomirsky shows that gratitude for (acquiring) possessions does not add that much to a positive mindset.<\/p>\n

Try to go beyond dry enumerations, and dwell on what it would have meant if you had not been able to experience these highlights. And: focus on surprising highlights. Those stick better.<\/p>\n

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Focus on positivity<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Those who train themselves in this benefit on many levels. You learn to focus on positive elements of life, making us there, said Emmons<\/a>, become more part of it.<\/p>\n

Negative emotions are neutralized. Indeed, expressing gratitude helps against feelings of depression, studies show British research<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The University of Manchester found that gratitude is an important predictor of overall well-being. Grateful people have more self-confidence, and can handle stress better.<\/p>\n

Emmons conducted research among more than a thousand people who kept a gratitude journal, and finds that they had fewer health issues, had less high blood pressure and took better care of themselves. They sports<\/a> more often and slept better<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Exactly how you jot down that gratitude doesn't matter much. You can choose a journal, a digital journal - Day One<\/a> is pleasant and user-friendly - or a ready-made Thanksgiving book<\/a>, like Ernst-Jan Pfauth's, a \"diary for a more contented life.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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