The Two Ultimate Pieces of Self-Help You Need to Achieve Goals, Survive Life One Day at a Time

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Introduction-ar-ily

In order to both survive and thrive we need to take everything with a grain of salt, celebrate the small things and get through the small stuff. 12 Step programs are keen on ‘one day at a time,’ but I want to offer up the only two strategies you’ll need in life (and I thank my mom for these bits of wisdom):

This Too Shall Pass and Onwards and Upwards

Downs

If you feel incredibly down, in a valley in the peaks and valleys sense, or a depression in the bipolar sense — read all about the plights of mental health woes here in another article of mine — it’s most important to remember these two mantras. Sometimes the world deals us blow after blow, and it might be the worst few months you’ve ever faced — you might have lost a friend or a loved one, or a job or a prospect. Whatever the reason, how we cope with these kinds of situations helps define us as a person — without the struggle, we’d never appreciate the good that comes our way with as much of our hearts as we do.

This Too Shall Pass teaches us that no matter how bad it gets and no matter how bleak it might seem…