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As we put a bow on another year, let’s focus on the GAIN. Grab a piece of paper and write down ten things where your life is better than it was one year ago. Write two or three sentences explaining each.

So, if you are serious about moving into 2023 with a more positive mindset, you’ll need to let go of your mistakes, failures, foibles, and follies.

One is that our minds are dramatically impacted, positively or negatively, by what we watch and listen to. In other words, when we consume an entire evening of hate, crime, murder, and bad news, it impacts our sleep and the whole next day.

In his book, The Positive Dog, Jon Gordon writes, “Children laugh about 400 times a day, while adults laugh only about 25 times. Perhaps we need to be more like children and smile and laugh more. Research shows that smiling produces more serotonin in your brain and laughter reduces stress, increases your immune system, and causes your body to release “feel good” endorphins. Today I want to encourage you to find enough humor to make you laugh and smile for at least 10 minutes.”

His research shows you can rewire your brain to make yourself happy by practicing simple happiness activities every day for three weeks. The exercises can transform a pessimist into an optimist in just 21 days.

I used to believe that the most important place on a map was where I wanted to go. Now, I know the most crucial place is correctly identifying where I am.

Judi Holler, creator and founder of Haus of &, imagines a world where the word regret has been eliminated from the conversation.

Much of life is a grind. Get up. Go to work. Come home. Grab groceries. Do chores. Take out the garbage. Mow the yard. Cook dinner. Wash the dishes. This grind wears on our emotional and relational vitality.