Bringing solution-focused qualities into everyday life

How might we usefully bring solution-focused qualities into everyday life? Here are a few ideas to get started with:

• Notice details of your desired future – If you have a clear sense of something you are aiming to achieve, take a moment to notice how much has already been accomplished. You are on your way.

• Daily scaling – Check how you are doing on a scale of 1-10 with a score for today. It might be in relation to health or a specific aspect of well-being, such as your day’s meditation or yoga score.
  

• Notice what goes well in bed – or, to put it less ambiguously, when you are in bed and before you go to sleep, make a mental or written note of 5 – or 10 or 20 – things – however small – that went well for you today or that you were pleased to notice.

 

• Give yourself a pat on the back each time you take a small steps towards something you desire. There’s value in having a go, and it means that you can see a setback as a prompt for a next small step in your ongoing experiment. It’s a handy habit that will result in you becoming less stuck in emotional downturn and more of a creative practitioner. It keeps you action-oriented.