Make 2025 Your Best Year Ever

……Do you know the secret to living the life of your dreams? The answer is simple. Gratitude. When we live our lives focused on what’s going right instead of what’s going wrong, we’re a lot happier. With an energy of gratitude, somehow, our worries and troubles seem to work themselves out. If you want this year to be your best year ever, consider incorporating a daily gratitude practice into your life.

……Worry is simply fear of an uncomfortable future. It creates unnecessary stress in our bodies that cause illness. When you catch yourself worried about something that hasn’t happened yet, consider DECIDING that it everything will work out. Is it possible that your decision can change the outcome? Maybe it won’t. But if you walk into the decision feeling more joyful and assured, it’ll be more likely to turn out the way you want. Plus, deciding everything will work out will prevent stress and keep you healthy.

……Choosing a life of joy is the best way to accomplish our goals. Instead of operating from our arbitrary timelines, we can choose to let joy lead the way. Whatever goals you have, joy will make them easier to achieve. We all prefer to work with joyful people over grumpy ones. How might your life shift if you committed to living this year in gratitude?

……Richard Carlson wrote the book, “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff – And It’s All Small Stuff.” Barbara Ann Kipfer’s book, “14,000 Things to Be Happy About,” is a revision from her previous publication, “10,000 Things to Be Happy About.” There’s all kinds of research out there encouraging us not to worry and to be happy. Happiness begins with a choice.

……Regardless of how this year unfolds, an attitude of gratitude can support you through the hard parts. For instance, if you’re having financial troubles, you can focus on having gratitude for your health. Think about the things in your life that are working for you, instead of what isn’t. If you integrate this “Best Day Ever” practice into your life, this could be your best YEAR ever.

Best Day Ever Practice

Wake

The moment you awake, take a moment to notice how you feel. Are you rushing off to work? Is someone demanding your attention? Allow yourself permission to take five seconds to check in with your mind and body.

Choose

Invite yourself to have the best day ever, no matter what. It doesn’t matter what’s on your calendar or what you think you have to do that decides your day or experience, you do. Smile, and be open to the possibility that the day ahead might actually the best day ever.

Check-In

Over the course of your day, check in with your body. Notice your breath. Do you have an inner critic questioning your choices or worries about an unknown future? View your thoughts and events through the lens of “What if today was the best day ever?” If it was, how would you think about the events of the day? What would you prioritize? What would you or wouldn’t you let bother you? Take a moment to breath that moment away and look for proof that you are actually having the best day ever, no matter what. Give yourself credit for all of the good choices that you have made. Trust your intuition to guide the rest of your day.

The #BestDayEverMovement is a practice that many people across the country have taken on and seen powerful results in their lives from shifting how they look at their day and how they check-in with themselves throughout the days, weeks, months and years. What could be possible for you if you couragously chose to live each day as if it were The Best Day Ever?! More information on the #BextDayEverMovement can be found here.