16 tips to face life (with optimism).

Some guidelines to avoid bitterness and move forward with positivity.

Life often provides us with splendid opportunities to enjoy and have a good time; however, it is not always a bed of roses. In these cases, it is necessary to be resilient and take advantage of these less pleasant experiences to grow..

Keys to face life

In the following lines you can find some keys to face life in the best possible way, so that you can learn to get ahead despite the adversities.

1. Focus on what you can control.

We cannot control everything in this life. And what we cannot control is best accepted, as it can cause great suffering and frustration. Therefore, to face life in the best way and enjoy a good emotional balance, it is best to focus on those things that are under our control. For example, our own personal development.

2. Improve your emotional intelligence

Emotional intelligence is one of the most important paradigms of recent years in psychology and well-being. Acquiring emotional competencies allows us to understand our emotions and regulate them, as well as to understand those of others.

• The benefits of emotional intelligence are many, and you can check them in our article "The 10 benefits of emotional intelligence".

3. Do Mindfulness

Mindfulness is an ancient practice that is used very often nowadays, as scientific studies have shown that it is key to find inner peace and cope with the problems of everyday life. Mindfulness helps us to be in the present, with a non-judgmental mindset and open to compassion.

• If you want to know more about this practice, you can read our article "Mindfulness: 8 benefits of mindfulness".

4. Practice physical exercise

Physical exercise is one of the healthiest habits that human beings can do.. For this reason, it is key to practice it at least three days a week. This practice not only improves our physical health, but also psychological: it produces chemicals of happiness, improves self-esteem, reduces stress, improves social relations, among other benefits.

5. Live in the present

It is good to have long-term goals that keep us motivated, but we must live in the present because it is the only moment we can enjoy.. Dwelling on the past and living in expectation does not favor our well-being.

6. Be positive

Adopting a positive mindset is good when it is a realistic mindset, because it can take us far in life. However, false optimism can bring negative consequences for our well-being. If you want to know more about this topic, you can read our article, "False optimism: what is it and what are its negative effects?"

7. Love yourself

When we love ourselves, life takes on a positive tone.. In this sense, it is more difficult to be affected by things, because we have found inner peace.

• Although it is not always easy, you can learn to love yourself if you follow the advice in our article: "Learning to love yourself: 10 keys to achieve it".

8. Surround yourself with friends

Scientific studies affirm that friendships favorably influence our well-being and are key to our happiness.. Therefore, surrounding yourself with friends is, without a doubt, a great option to face life.

9. Learn from bad experiences

Life has good times and bad times, and things don't always turn out the way you want them to.. Growing as a person has a lot to do with how we manage the events that occur in our lives. Life is a continuous learning process, and for that reason we must learn even from bad experiences, because Pain helps us to grow.

10. Do not be afraid of uncertainty

There are many types of fears, and one of the most common is the fear of uncertainty or of the unknown, which does not allow us to grow and, therefore, to develop. Fear of uncertainty limits the process of change.

11. Do not run away from problems

Life is not a bed of roses, and there are situations in which it is necessary to face the problems that come our way.. Running away from them will only make the problem worse. So we must be brave and look for appropriate solutions to these difficult situations.

12. Reflect

I have commented that the bad moments can be opportunities to grow, if we know how to take the positive side of the bad things. However, the same experience can be lived differently by two people, mainly because of the subsequent reflection. If we reflect properly, it is possible to take advantage of suffering to become better people. .

13. Get out of your comfort zone

Just like the fear of uncertainty, a concept that is closely related to it is the comfort zone. This mental state does not allow us to change, because it makes us feel comfortable and in an apparently pleasant place, where it is not necessary to mobilize our resources and, therefore, grow as human beings. To learn more, you can read our article: "How to get out of your comfort zone? 7 keys to achieve it".

14. Love what you can

Loving is one of the most pleasant sensations we can experience. To be happy, we must not only love ourselves, but also others,

15. Forgive

Forgiveness is one of the best decisions if we want to enjoy a good psychological health, because it not only helps the other person but also ourselves, because it has a great healing power.

16. Be proactive

In order to face life, we must be proactive and not become passive beings who wait for luck to come to them by itself.. Luck must be sought. So it is necessary to be always on the move, fighting for the opportunities that life gives us.