Unrelenting self-criticism often goes hand in hand with unhappiness and anxiety, and is completely unjustified. There is no reason to be your own biggest critic.
Start changing your Self Talk in small ways. Trying to change it all at once can be overwhelming, so break it down into phases to make the process easier.
Don’t be afraid to get back up – to try again, to love again, to live again, and to dream again. Don’t let a hard lesson harden your heart.
Don’t take things too personally, even if it seems personal. People rarely do things because of you. They do things because of them.
Wash fruit and vegetables under clean running water to remove soil and bacteria. Peeling or cooking fruit and vegetables also helps to remove bacteria.
The most honourable thing is not to never make mistakes, but to admit to them when you do make them, and then to follow through and do your best to make the wrong things right.
The relationships that work well are the ones that make you a better person without changing you into someone other than yourself, and without preventing you from outgrowing the person you used to be.
by blogger Julia Whiting.
With a new year ahead it can seem daunting for a young person thinking about all the different things coming up in the school/college year. Exams and the pressure of project/coursework completion can lead to anxiety and apprehension as can the social structure of a young person’s life in being accepted and keeping up with the impacts of social media.
Monitor your energy during the day. Arrange your most difficult tasks for periods of high energy and the easier, more routine, tasks during periods of low energy.
There will be times during the day when you have high energy levels and you can get a lot of work done very quickly, and other times when your energy levels drop.