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Improve Your Life At Any Age

Updated on November 5, 2014
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Miss Marsh has been a seasoned writer for 10+ years. She currently holds a BA in Writing and English and has an MS in Psychology.

Learn to love your life and find happiness in everything you have now.  You'll be far more positive and enjoy life more.
Learn to love your life and find happiness in everything you have now. You'll be far more positive and enjoy life more. | Source

Most of us wish for a better, happier life

Living your life the way you truly want takes some work and a positive state of mind. However, you can improve your life at any age regardless of whether you're a teenager, an adult, or an elder. Creating and living the good life is possible if you just take charge to alter your way of thinking and surrender all self-defeating feelings. Changing your life to make it better does take some discipline. But if you learn how to change your way of thinking and stick with your new found want for a better life...you will see a difference in how you feel almost immediately.


Don't worry...be happy!  It might sound cliche, but it totally works if you think positively about your life!
Don't worry...be happy! It might sound cliche, but it totally works if you think positively about your life! | Source

Choose optimism over pessimism

Improving your life means choosing a positive state of mind about your future. Everyone has hopes and dreams, but how you view those desires will determine how you live your life. Believing that you can achieve your dreams because you deserve a good life will help you to attain good things. When you are optimistic about wants and needs, improving your life will naturally follow suit because your actions will persuade happiness. If you find it hard to be optimistic when life is not quite what you desire, close your eyes and imagine yourself as happy. Picture how it makes you feel to be happy. Hold on to that vision and feeling as often as possible. Being positive about the future and is essential for improving your life, regardless of age.

Creating and working toward goals in life can give you a wonderful sense of accomplishment when those goals are completed!
Creating and working toward goals in life can give you a wonderful sense of accomplishment when those goals are completed! | Source

Consider the goals you wish to achieve

Create a list of reasons for desiring a change in your life and decide what steps you can take to improve it. Figure out what is not working in your life now and what things would make you happier in the future. Then decide what steps need to be taken to achieve those things you want in life. Every goal should include list of steps you can take in order to achieve future goals for improving your life. But, be realistic! Goals should be obtainable to avoid disappointment and negativity. It is important to take baby steps in getting your life where you want it to be. Just remember, no matter what your age, there is always time to improve your life. Anything that is desired in life is worth the time taken to do it. Every small goal you achieve toward an improved life will give you a positive attitude to encourage you to accomplish more goals.

If you look real closely at your life...you can find even the simplest things that make you happy right now!
If you look real closely at your life...you can find even the simplest things that make you happy right now! | Source

Find things in life, right now, that offer you happiness

Making improved changes to your life will happen only if you appreciate the things have now. It isn’t likely that you’ll achieve more in life if you can’t find happiness with what you have in this moment. The truth is, you will probably not be happy at any stage of life if you can’t appreciate what you have in the present. Enjoying parts of your current life will help you to improve your future life. If you're unable to find happiness now, trying to gain more in life will not make you any happier. To get you motivated to appreciate your life, make a list of things you presently have that make you happy. Give reasons why these things make you feel positive. Focus on this appreciation and figure out what you can do to obtain more of these happy things. If you have great friends that you appreciate, can you meet more people and create new friendships? If your partner makes you happy, can you find a way to develop a stronger bond with him? Work on goals based on the things you already have so that you can improve your positively improve your life.

There is good in your life.  You just have to look past the stress and negativity to open your eyes and find it all!
There is good in your life. You just have to look past the stress and negativity to open your eyes and find it all! | Source

Concentrate on the good things in your life to relieve worry and stress

Improving your life can be difficult when you’re focused on worrisome issues. Many of us become frustrated with life due to financial issues, poor relationships, and job woes. Focusing on these negative worries makes it hard to overcome problems and improve your life. Put these concerns aside and let go of stress for a little while. Worrying will not solve your troubles. It only encourages unhappiness, depression, and physical ailments. Instead of obsessing about things that can’t be changed, work on the things you can. It will be far easier to improve your life if you let go of worry accept that things unable to be changed for the time being. You will have time to fix the worries in your life once you make changes using a positive attitude, obtaining future goals, and being happy with what you have currently in life.

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