Read an article earlier on how to be a happier person by just giving up 15 simple things.
15 might seems a lot but in reality, it is somewhat what we do everyday in our daily lives.
"We hold on to so many things that cause us a great deal of pain, stress and suffering - and instead of letting them all go, instead of allowing ourselves to be stress free and happy - we cling on them"
1. Give up your need to always be right.
Being right all the time doesn't seems to be that important you know. Yes, at times our ego comes along and tells us, "GOD DAMMIT. YOU ARE RIGHT! WHY ARE YOU LOWERING YOUR ESTEEM". And honestly, how many times this needs to be right cause us stress and sometimes even strained friendships and relationships. Lower that dam ego NOW!
2. Give up your need for control.
Allow everything and everyone to be just as they are and you will see how much better will that make you feel. In other words, "STOP BEING A CONTROL FREAK"
3. Give up on blame.
Give up on your needs to blame others for what you have or don't have, for what you feel or don;t feel. Stop giving your powers away and start taking responsibility for your life.
4. Give up your self-defeating self-talk.
Oh my! How many people are hurting themselves because of their negative, polluted and repetitive self-defeating mindset? Don't believe everything that your mind is telling you - especially if it's negative and self-defeating. You are better than that!
5. Give up your limiting beliefs.
about what you can or cannot do, about what is possible or impossible. From now on, you are no longer going to allow your limiting beliefs to keep you stuck in the wrong place. Spread your wings and fly!
"a belief is not an idea held by the mind, it is an idea that holds the mind" Elly Roselle
6. Give up complaining.
Give up your constant need to complain about those many, many, mannnny things - people, situations, events that make you unhappy, sad and depressed. Nobody can make you unhappy, no situation can make you sad or miserable unless you allow it to. It is not the situation that triggers those feelings in you, but how you choose to look at it. Never underestimate the power of positive thinking.
7. Give up the luxury of criticism.
Give up your need to criticize things, events or people that are different than you;. We are all different, yet we are all the same. We all want to be happy, we all want to love and be loved and we all want to be understood. WE all want something and something is wished by us all.
8. Give up your need to impress others.
Stop trying so hard to be something that you're not just to make others like you. It doesn't work this way. The moment you stop trying so hard to be something you're not, the moment you take of all your masks, the moment you accept and embrace the real you, you will find people will be drawn to you, effortlessly.
9. Give up your resistance to change.
Change is good. Change will help you move from A to B. Change will help you make improvements in your life and also the lives of those around you. Follow your bliss, embrace change - don't resist it.
"follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls" Joseph Campbell.
10. Give up labels.
Stop labeling those things, people, or events that you don't understand as being weird or different and try opening your mind, little by little. Minds only work when open.
"The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about" Wayne Dyer
11. Give up on your fears.
Fear is just an illusion, it doesn't exist - you created it. It's all in your mind. Correct the inside and the outside will fall into place.
"the only thing we have to fear is fear itself" Franklin D. Roosevelt
12. Give up your excuses.
Send them packing and tell them they're fired. You no longer need them. A lot of times we limit ourselves because of the many excuses we use. Instead of growing and working on improving ourselves and our lives, we get stuck, lying to ourselves, using all kind of excuses - excuses that 99.9% of the time are not even real.
13. Give up past.
It's hard. yes, we all been there done that! Especially when the past looks so much better than the present and the future looks so frightening but you have to take control and consideration the fact that the present moment is all you have and you will ever have. The past you are now longing for - the past that you are now dreaming about - was ignored by you when it was present. Stop deluding yourself. Be present in everything you do and enjoy life. After all life is a journey not a destination. Have a clear vision for the future, prepare yourself but always be present in the now.
14. Give up attachment.
This is a concept that for most of us is so hard to grasp and I have to tell you that it was for me too but it's not something impossible. You get better and better at with time and practice. The moment you detach yourself from all things you become so peaceful, tolerant, kind and so serene. You will get to a place where you will be able to understand all things without even trying. A state of beyond words.
15. Give up living your life to other people's expectations.
Way too many people are living a life that is not theirs to live. They live their lives according to what others think is the best for them, they live their lives according to what their parents think is best for them, to what their friends, enemies and teachers etc best for them. Stop pleasing other people! You have one life - this one right now - you must live it, own it and especially don't let other people's opinions distract you from your path.
Source:
Purpose Fairy 
