Personal Development with The Positivity Blog

One year ago I had just gotten this blog off the ground.

I had maybe 20 readers a day.

What a difference a year makes.

Here are a few of the articles I wrote back then.

Included are several good ways to overcome procrastination, tips for starting your day in a better way and one effective method that I have used many times to cure hiccups.

Enjoy, and have a fun weekend!

• How to Cure Hiccups… for Real
  “This one came to me one dark night a few years ago while walking home filled to the top with beer. And then hick, hick, the hiccups showed up. A spasm in my diaphragm produced that annoying, involuntary experience.”
• 5 Reasons Why You Should Smile More
  “A smile is one of the most simple, inexpensive and wonderful things in the world. Still, often we forget about this one powerful action while we get lost in the details of today and tomorrow.”
• 10 Ways to Change How You Feel
  “Being able to manage and change your feelings is one of the most important things in personal development. You might have all the logical and rational reasons in the world to do something, but then your emotions can just sweep in and pull everything to a grinding halt.”
• 7 Ways to Move Beyond Procrastination
  “Almost everyone is held down by what some call “the silent killer”. Procrastination strikes everywhere. We all want to avoid the pain or discomfort of doing something we feel is boring, stupid, pointless, hard, complicated, risky, possibly really emotionally painful and so on.”
• How to Start Your Day in a Better Way
  “Another morning. The sun is barely up, you drag yourself from the bed to the shower to the closet. You sit down at the breakfast table, you eat some toast, drink some coffee, read your morning paper. It’s not always fun waking up. You feel tired and lousy and the snooze-button sure seems tempting. What can you do?”