How to Move Forward in Life

Life has a way of happening, whether you want it to move forward or not, it does. Every new morning is a way to start fresh, sure you have the mistakes of yesterday to learn from and the memories of things left unsaid, but life still happens. How you discuss, think and handle yesterday’s affairs is what makes you stronger, more positive and able to move forward.

Your happiness, a true deep happiness within, is dependent upon how you handle situations, thoughts and create action. If you are stuck in a rut, a place of big concern or fear about something, then just stop, let it go. The fear of the unknown can drive you crazy, usually this fear is stemmed from some anxious feelings and anxiety can be a killer to your happy mojo. If you can let go of the anxiety, and as someone tells me often, let go of the emotional side, think logically, then you will end up having a solid resolution.

It isn’t easy to let go of the emotional side of things, after all we are human beings built with a boat load of emotions and if you suffer from anxiety, well life can be rather difficult. I am one to be open about having anxiety, but I work hard to not allow it to take over me. I wish to be in control of my own self, surrounding yourself with understanding, compassionate, yet straight forward people will assist you in moving forward in life.

Here are some techniques, methods so to speak, on how to move forward in life when you are feeling overwhelmed by past mistakes, actions or words of yesterday:

• LET IT GO – stop worrying, stop the fear. Just STOP. Let that thought out of your mind, and get to a place of logic. Write notes down on a piece of paper; get the emotional side out of your head.
• THINK LOGICALLY – this is really difficult yet easy to do at the same time, find your place of reasoning inside of that brain of yours. If you need to write down a list like you would with Pros vs Cons – do it. Make the list Emotions vs Logic. Evaluate the paper and focus on the logic side of the note paper.
• SPEAK WHEN AT A PLACE OF LOW EMOTION – try to speak words from a place of logic, rather than a place of emotion, the worst arguments in relationships – friendships or marriage – come from a place where both are so emotionally upset. Make a deal with yourself that you will work hard to not speak, say nothing at all, until you have evaluated the Think Logically side of things.
• COMMUNICATE – let your partner or friends know that if you go completely silent on them in the current moment or future, it is because you are trying to Think Logically before speaking hurtful, confusing or emotionally stemmed words. If you have the loyalty and compassion in the friendship and relationship, then the partner/friend should respect and admire that about you.

It really comes down to the forward moving mindset and the ability to step outside of the box and train yourself to think more logically. Of course, I am a work in progress with this mindset and often during the PMS times of my cycle, I am a hot mess. I have come to realize there is no reasoning or logic the week before my period. With that being said, I am getting better at feeling that cramping in my abdomen and trying to take more control – sure it is draining physically and emotionally, but as I work to control the emotions stemming from hormone fluctuations during PMS, it gets easier every month.

Moving forward in life is really all about letting go and waking up each day to try better, be better and love harder. Period. That’s all.

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