Be Positive

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.”
-Benjamin Franklin

It is much easier to allow your mood to descend into a downward spiral than to watch it like a hawk and try to focus on the positives. After all, it takes energy. Therefore, realizing that your energy is well spent on this very activity is critical. We often don’t even recognize this as something that requires an expenditure of energy. But it needs so much focus that when you feel burned out but haven’t delegated energy to this task, you will have much more work to do than if you had focused all along on maintaining a positive attitude and moving forward. By recognizing even the smallest glimmers of hope and silver linings, you’ll be able to push through tough times and persevere much more effortlessly than if you feel like everything is just plain awful.