{"id":217,"date":"2024-09-03T15:07:28","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T15:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage-comp.recharge360.com\/een-positieve-mindset-dankzij-1-simpele-gewoonte\/"},"modified":"2024-09-03T15:07:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T15:07:30","slug":"een-positieve-mindset-dankzij-1-simpele-gewoonte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stage-comp.recharge360.com\/en\/a-positive-mindset-thanks-to-1-simple-habit\/","title":{"rendered":"A positive mindset thanks to 1 simple habit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"\">Simple, and extremely effective. The way to make a <strong id=\"\">positive mindset<\/strong> to create is to jot down your personal highlights of the day. Make it part of your evening routine - then preferably use paper, such as a Gratitude Journal, and not a phone screen - or do it first thing in the morning so you start the day on a positive note.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">When you dwell on positive things, you become calmer, happier and more social. In addition, people who regularly keep a gratitude journal have stronger immune systems, less high blood pressure and fewer health issues. Again, something to be happy about.<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">This is how you create a positive mindset<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p id=\"\">Write down three things that you consider the highlight of the day behind you. Be as specific as possible, so do not write, \"I had a great workout,\" but write, \"I was proud to have run ten kilometers within the hour for the first time.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">Robert Emmons, professor at the University of California, has the following <a href=\"https:\/\/greatergood.berkeley.edu\/article\/item\/tips_for_keeping_a_gratitude_journal\/\" id=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tips.<\/a> Focus on persons you are grateful for, not things. <a href=\"http:\/\/sonjalyubomirsky.com\/files\/2012\/09\/Armenta-Fritz-Lyubomirsky-in-press-2.pdf\" id=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Research<\/a> by his colleague Sonja Lyobomirsky shows that gratitude for (acquiring) possessions does not add that much to a positive mindset.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">Try to go beyond dry enumerations, and dwell on what it would have meant if you had not been able to experience these highlights. And: focus on surprising highlights. Those stick better.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"\" class=\"w-richtext-figure-type-image w-richtext-align-center\" data-rt-type=\"image\" data-rt-align=\"center\">\n<div id=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stage-comp.recharge360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/663376bda82eacb64ecaf9ee_journal_232e6bc10628c2f489ffafa4f5fee1a1_2000.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"__wf_reserved_inherit\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" id=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h1 id=\"\"><strong id=\"\">Focus on positivity<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p id=\"\">Those who train themselves in this benefit on many levels. You learn to focus on positive elements of life, making us there, <a href=\"https:\/\/greatergood.berkeley.edu\/article\/item\/why_gratitude_is_good\/\" id=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said Emmons<\/a>, become more part of it.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">Negative emotions are neutralized. Indeed, expressing gratitude helps against feelings of depression, studies show <a href=\"http:\/\/citeseerx.ist.psu.edu\/viewdoc\/download?doi=10.1.1.606.6025&#038;rep=rep1&#038;type=pdf\" id=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">British research<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">The University of Manchester found that gratitude is an important predictor of overall well-being. Grateful people have more self-confidence, and can handle stress better.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">Emmons conducted research among more than a thousand people who kept a gratitude journal, and finds that they had fewer health issues, had less high blood pressure and took better care of themselves. They <a href=\"https:\/\/hashtagrecharge.com\/nl\/voordelen-van-bewegen\/\" id=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sports<\/a> more often and <a href=\"https:\/\/hashtagrecharge.com\/nl\/goede-slaap\/\" id=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slept better<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\">Exactly how you jot down that gratitude doesn't matter much. You can choose a journal, a digital journal - <a href=\"https:\/\/dayoneapp.com\/\" id=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day One<\/a> is pleasant and user-friendly - or a <a href=\"https:\/\/dankboek.nl\/\" id=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ready-made Thanksgiving book<\/a>, like Ernst-Jan Pfauth's, a \"diary for a more contented life.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Improve your mindset with one simple habit.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage-comp.recharge360.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage-comp.recharge360.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage-comp.recharge360.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage-comp.recharge360.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage-comp.recharge360.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/stage-comp.recharge360.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":534,"href":"https:\/\/stage-comp.recharge360.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions\/534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage-comp.recharge360.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage-comp.recharge360.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage-comp.recharge360.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage-comp.recharge360.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}