Achieve More Happiness By Distancing Yourself from Negative Influences

𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 '𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'.

You've all heard this phrase 'You are the average of the 5 people that you spend the most time with.' 
Its a great phrase but it's not exactly true. You are the average of everything that comes into your proximity (your sphere).

You could have 20 incredible friends but if you have just one toxic person in your sphere, they will have an impact on you. Just like a crystal clear glass of water with a drop of black dye. You won't see much if its just one drop but there will be a very small tint.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙.

Toxic relationships.
Negative self-talk.
Gossip and drama.
Energy-draining environments.
Chronic complainers.
Negativity-fueled media and news sources.
Toxic work environments.
People who constantly criticize or judge others.
Negative-minded friends or family members.
Environments that trigger anxiety or stress.

For most people it would be completely difficult to eliminate all of these, but you can always create distance. 

And for a lot of us, we can create a lot of distance very quickly if we wanted. And as you push these things further away from your sphere, guess what happens? You create space for all that should be closer to you!

Positive, driven and inspiring people.
Healthy relationships and environments.
Time for self care and self love.
Creativity, mindfulness, exercise.

For every hour that you shave of consuming negative or mind-numbing media, you create an hour for something that nourishes your soul. For every toxic person that you create distance from, you make room for someone who can lift you up in life.

Another way to look at it is, what is worth being inside of your sphere? I know for me, I want to keep my sphere pristine and only allow in what is worthy of being there. I know some of you have toxic people in your life (friends, family, co-workers) that you can't just eliminate.

But can you create some distance? Here is an exercise for you, on a piece of paper draw a line down the center and on once side put all the things that you could create space from, and on the other side, write down all the things that feed and nourish your soul, or that you could do more of! 

Now you can see how much space you can create for the good things in life by simply pushing away all the things that drain you or affect your happiness in life. 

𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨𝙚𝙩 𝙃𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙋𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩:The Quickest Thing You Can Do For More Happiness In Life.

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