Huffington Magazine Issue 83 | Page 35

Voices something that feeds your spirit. Meditate, read, go for a walk... Don’t make the first thing you do before you get out of bed to grab your phone and check your email. If you start your day with a sense of calm, you can set precedent for the tone of the rest of your day. 7. SAY A POSITIVE AFFIRMATION ALOUD EVERY MORNING. Seems cheesy. But it works. Every morning, look in the mirror, say a positive affirmation. Start your morning that way and it will affect the attitude you choose for the day. 8. CARVE OUT TIME EVERY DAY TO FEED A PASSION. Make it a daily habit to carve time out to do something that feeds a passion or builds on your personal development. Write, doodle, make something with your hands, dance... It’s easy to get caught up in the minutia of every day. If you need to, schedule that time in your calendar. If you woke up half an hour earlier and slept half an hour later each day to feed a side project, by the end of the year, you’d have over two extra full weeks spent doing something that is soul enriching. AMY CHAN HUFFINGTON 01.12.14 9. BEFORE BED, WRITE OR SAY ALOUD SOMETHING YOU’RE GRATEFUL FOR. Gratitude rewires your brain for happiness. Write down something you’re grateful for every night before bed. Make that ritual of gratitude be the last thing you do before you sleep. You’ve been through enough life situations and met enough people to give your intuition the trust and respect it deserves.” 10. THE PERSON IN FRONT OF YOU IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOUR PHONE. As someone who prides yourself on having good manners, since when did it become normalized to check your phone in the middle of a conversation? We’ve become so accustomed to racing to react to the sound of a new message or email coming in, that we forget that such constant “connection” is what’s disconnecting us more than ever. Remind yourself that the email can wait. Your Instagram followers will understand if you don’t post that photo of our