7. To believe the myth of arrival.
Loosing weight, finding the right job or the perfect partner are aspects that people tend to link their happiness to. They do not allow themselves to be happy until they arrive at this holly place where everything will be as it should be.
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But this means to surrender your well-being to external circumstances and to prepare your own disappointment. Mondays are not the source of your problems. Your own expectations which you can not let go of are the ones that make you depressed or angry.
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8. To overgeneralize.
When we pass from “this person has done this deed that was wrong” to “all people are evil” we are not making only a mistake in our thinking. We are internalizing a worldview that will harm us in the end. Have you helped somebody and you feel that it wasn’t worth the effort? Help another person, and you will not only make the world a better place, you’ll feel better about yourself.
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9. To not be grateful.
Being grateful for the important victories in our life or for the little gestures the others do for us has proven to be beneficial to our health. It decreases the risk of depression, immune system diseases and heart diseases. So say thank you for each good thing and your body will thank you in return.
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