{"id":222,"date":"2017-01-16T19:43:13","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T19:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/?p=222"},"modified":"2017-01-16T19:44:04","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T19:44:04","slug":"six-things-you-can-do-to-be-more-positive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/six-things-you-can-do-to-be-more-positive\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Things You Can Do To Be More Positive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Fotolia_94921902_XS.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-224 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Fotolia_94921902_XS-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"New mindset new results motivational phrase sign\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Fotolia_94921902_XS-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Fotolia_94921902_XS.jpg 424w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>These tips won\u2019t cost you a dime. And they\u2019re easy, so time is no excuse!<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Purposefully Breathe<\/strong>. Long breaths in, long breaths out. Repeat them 5 times.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Turn off your phone<\/strong>. Maybe just for an hour. Watch how much you get done!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reward yourself<\/strong>. A hot bath, a walk at lunchtime, music while you cook dinner, 10 pages of your favorite book \u2013 all of these ideas will bring a calmness to your life.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Choose a word<\/strong> every day that lightens the mood and brings soothing thoughts. Beach. Snow. Faith. Peace. Whatever the word is, take time during your day to consciously think about it for a minute or two.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Get up, walk around, roll your shoulders<\/strong>. The simple act of pushing yourself away from your desk and computer will relax you and make you think differently.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thank someone. <\/strong>At home or at work, giving a sincere thanks to someone not only lightens that person\u2019s day, but yours also.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These tips won\u2019t cost you a dime. And they\u2019re easy, so time is no excuse! Purposefully Breathe. Long breaths in, long breaths out. Repeat them 5 times. Turn off your phone. Maybe just for an hour. Watch how much you get done! Reward yourself. A hot bath, a walk at lunchtime, music while you cook [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,6,3,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222\/revisions\/226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}