Tips on How to Have a Positive and Productive Day

Do you often find yourself in a negative state of mind throughout the week or throughout your day? Are you slow to start specific tasks? Do you lack energy and motivation? If so, then you are not alone. Many of us as people feel this way whether it is most days or every now and then. Either way, there is a solution!! It really all starts in the morning or whenever you get out of bed. Do you slowly get out of bed or do you jump out of bed? Do you start out your day thinking of the negatives or thinking of the positives that the day will bring? 

Here is a list of practices that will help you change your state of mind, and develop a higher frequency of energy and happiness in your daily life.

1.  From the Sheets to the Streets: How you get out of bed will determine how you attack the day. Get out of bed slowly… you will start your tasks slowly and with low energy. If you jump out of bed quickly with vigor, then that’s how you will attack the rest of the day, with energy!! It is important to set your state of mind up for the day!!
2. Powerful Incantations: It is important to get yourself pumped up! Remember in my last post where I talked about how words have power. Public speaker, Jim Rohn said it best, “Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.”
3. Declare it; Say it Loud, Say it Proud! With that being said, you must first decide how you want to feel and how you want your day to go. Then you must declare this. AND SAY IT LOUD! Look in the mirror and say your positive declarations over and over again! Get yourself ready and pumped up! Yell it, scream it and shout it! 
4.  Inertia: Now, that is just the first step. Yes, there is more!! As motivational speaker Tony Robins explains, motion breads emotion! So, as you are emphatically saying your declarations maybe jog in place or jog around your room, or do some jumping jacks. Get yourself moving, pumped up and energized, and then you will get yourself emotionalized!! Motion gets us emotionalized and the more positive, encouraging emotions you have towards a task (which exercising gives us through releasing endorphins that contribute to the feeling of well-being), the more likely you will be motivated to complete a task. 
5. Repetition is Key: Throughout day say your declarations! “Today is a beautiful day,” “Today I will be productive,” Today will be a great day.” There are many occurrences that can take place during the day to throw us off of our productive and happy trail. This is why it is important to constantly arm ourselves with reminders of why and how today is a great day. Repetition is always elemental! We must ingrain our goals and declarations in ourselves to make them last!

Remember that everything you think, feel and do is within your control. If you want to be happy, be happy on purpose. If you want to be productive, then be productive on purpose. We hold the paint brush of our lives in our hands. In order to feel good, do good, live good and be good, we must paint our lives with purpose to do so. You are in control. It is not the external factors that affect your mood, it is the internal factors (how you respond).


These are some basic tips I have learned that I hope will prove to be useful for everyone! Feel free to comment below if you all have more suggestions!