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Certain things in life are almost guaranteed to make you unhappy.

Here are some of the things I believe make you unhappy and how to remedy them. No one deserves to be unhappy.

You’re Injured

I’ve just had surgery for some torn cartilage in my wrist. I’ve been in pain for over a year, and spoke to numerous doctors and physios but no one could fix it until I saw a specialist.

Being injured sucks, day to day tasks you take for granted are suddenly much more difficult.

The Remedy- Don’t Get Injured But If you Do See A Specialist

If you ain’t got your health you got nothing.

Even if getting the surgery would have required me to take out a loan I one hundred per cent would of.

If you’re in the same predicament I’m very sorry to hear that but luckily there are some amazing people in the medical world, see a specialist you won’t regret it.

If you’re one of the lucky ones who hasn’t been injured, do everything in your power to make sure things stay that way.

Heed my advice it might just save your life.

You Have Bad Habits

Ultimately we’re the lump sum of our habits. Your habits are either taking you where you want to go or they’re not.

Look at habits like a plane travelling from London to Paris, if the plane changes direction by a measly thirty degrees you’d end up almost one hundred and ten miles away from Paris.

So if we practice the wrong habits we get further and further away from the person we want to be.

And if bad habits are ingrained long term (I’m talking decades) they take you places where you never thought you’d go and not nice places either.

Some bad habits are any that stop you from obtaining good health and stop you from practising good habits.

Habits that are bad for your health:

• Smoking
• Drinking alcohol
• Over eating on junk food
• Bad sleep routines
• Consuming large quantities of sugar
• Avoiding eating fruits and veggies

Bad Habits that keep you from good ones.

• Watching the news or reading newspapers ( don’t believe me? Try picking up and reading a newspaper from last year, if you think it’s good I’ll be extremely surprised)
• Binge watching television
• Spending too much time on social media (literally junk food for your brain)

Swap The Bad Habits For Good Ones

Here are some simple swaps that will help.

Smoking- become a non-smoker.

Drinking- become a non-drinker.

Junk food- swap it out for healthy foods like fruit, vegetables, meat, and whole foods. Eat a well-balanced diet.

Bad sleep routines- develop a good sleep routine this may include drinking some camomile tea, listening to some calming music or reading a paperback book. Try avoiding screens one or two hours before bed.

Watching and reading news or binging on social media- Read a good book that’ll make you smarter.

The Magic Of Good Habits

Practice the good habits one day at a time and make sure you complete them every day it will change your life, here’s how.

Say you have four habits you want to build such as working out, reading, writing blog posts and going for daily walks.

If you practice these habits every day then you’re essentially casting four votes ( every day) for the type of person you want to be.

After a month you’d have acquired one hundred and twenty-four votes and in a year a whopping one thousand four hundred and sixty votes they all add up and compound, like compound interest.

You Have Friends With Different Values To You

If your friend is a drinker and he does nothing but drink to have a good time.

And if you’re a non-drinker who enjoys completely different things to your friend ( you have no aligning values at all) then how will this relationship continue? it doesn’t have two legs to stand on.

If you stay in a friendship with someone you don’t respect or align with it’s possible you may take on some of the negative sides of their character. Pick your friends wisely.

You Hate Your Job

If you’re constantly in inner turmoil about your job. This can leave you feeling unfulfilled and sad.

The fix is simple, what job do you want to do instead? When you know the answer do everything you can to achieve it.

Sometimes we need to work jobs we don’t enjoy for the sake of money.

This is fine just make sure you’re spending your free time outside work making your dreams a reality (only if you’re not satisfied with your job and work-life and have larger ambitions).

You’re Spinning Too Many Plates

There are only so many things we can truly focus on and get good at.

If we try and get good at many things we spread ourselves too thin.

And achieve nothing.

Being Lonely

There’s a big difference between being lonely and being alone.

It’s good to enjoy your own company. But remember humans are sociable beings.

Text a friend, speak to him or her, laugh, meet up with family.

Go to a coffee shop.

Taking Yourself Too Seriously

Take your goals seriously but in your downtime don’t be afraid to have some fun. What is life without fun?