Our Guide To Being More Conscious Daily
As we move through life, we do a lot of what we do on autopilot, and we can spend time doing things without even realizing we’re doing them. You might know the feeling of driving somewhere and not remembering the journey that got you there.
It is rewarding to live more consciously and make decisions and take an active role in your life, though. Doing this can be difficult, but some ways are sure to make you more conscious in your daily life.
You can become more conscious by following these tips that we have put together for you.
Give Back
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An excellent way to become more conscious is to give back to your community in some way. This doesn’t necessarily mean doing charity work or volunteering; it could be something as simple as picking up trash you see in your local park.
Doing this will get you into a mindset to start looking for things that could give back to your community. In addition, consciously searching for things to do will make it much easier for you to think consciously in other areas of your life.
Journal
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If you’re not already journaling, now is the time to start. Journaling is a surefire way to ensure that you will always be in your conscious mind rather than in your subconscious mind when you are thinking.
Journaling daily and reflecting on your day will bring your subconscious thoughts to the forefront of your mind and allow you to think of them with your conscious mind. This will help you to think consciously about everything.
Values
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To think consciously, you need to know exactly what your values in life are to think according to them. Establish what your value set is, and then think around those values when you’re thinking.
You might establish your value set and then find that it doesn’t serve you in your conscious mind. This is perfectly okay, and you can reassess your values to find a value set that suits you better.
Beliefs
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Your beliefs in life are the things that can either propel you forward or set you back as nothing else can. For this reason, when you want to begin thinking consciously, you need to choose a set of empowering beliefs.
Doing this will allow you to feel empowered day today, and when you are thinking consciously about those empowering beliefs, you will feel much better about yourself in general.
Health
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Health should be at the forefront of your mind for absolutely everything you do, but it is especially important when you are trying to think more consciously as it heavily affects your mindset.
If you are unhealthy, your entire body will go into autopilot and begin only running what it needs to survive. This means that your subconscious mind will be active more often than your conscious mind. If you’re healthy, your conscious mind will have the chance to flourish.