{"id":763,"date":"2015-04-13T13:40:57","date_gmt":"2015-04-13T18:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/warhawkfitness\/?p=763"},"modified":"2015-04-13T13:40:57","modified_gmt":"2015-04-13T18:40:57","slug":"half-full-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/warhawkfitness\/2015\/04\/13\/half-full-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Half Full Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pic<\/a>Okay you know the drill: there is a light at the end of the tunnel, positivity is power, the grass is greener, the glass is half full and all that jazz. I\u2019m not here to be a motivational cassette tape in the form of a blog, because you\u2019ve heard all of the clich\u00e9s. Instead, I want to talk about the inevitable result of a positive mindset, and why we often subconsciously choose negativity.<\/p>\n

In the midst of enduring a week of which at the time I could have been certain I was the most stressed person in the world, I received a text that made me sit up and think to myself, \u201cAlena you dingus, it\u2019s not the end of the world. Take a lap\u201d. Even for someone who self-proclaims themselves to have optimism coming out of their ears, I sat there dumbfounded reading the text from one of my good friends in a group chat that simply said, \u201cGuys, I decided I\u2019m going to give up negativity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not only did the concept of giving up negativity arrive via imessage at a perfect time, but it\u2019s so wonderfully simple. Of course it\u2019s easier said than done, but I\u2019ve learned that the first step to minimizing negativity is to take the initiative to verbalize it. This was made clear to me when I wrapped up my appointment at UHCS<\/a> for an untimely cold by being asked to participate in a small lifestyle questionnaire by the UHCS\u2019s Health Educator. I learned a couple things about what simply verbalizing positive words can do.<\/p>\n