As January 18th - the bluest day of the year - approaches, YO! Sushi has collaborated with life coach and author of '52 Ways to Transform Your Life', Annabel Sutton to help us all make the switch from glum to happy this January and the year ahead.
Do something daring
1. Look to the Future - create a vision board by cutting pictures, words and phrases out of magazines of all the things you and your partner would love to manifest in your lives in 2016. This gives you both a chance to step away from the now when you are feeling glum in January, as well as giving each other a positive way of focusing your minds on the things that matter to you both in the year ahead2. Do Something Daring - shake things up a bit by doing something completely different that you've both never done before. Edge yourself out of your comfort zone, take a risk and set yourself a 'stretch' goal - something that feels quite scary. You'll feel amazing when you achieve it! Support is an essential part of making this happen in life so enlist your partner and do something daring together - it makes such a difference to have other like-minded person to encourage and support you.
3. Keep an Achievements Jar - get yourselves a large glass jar and every time you achieve one of your goals, or simply do something you feel pleased with, write it on a piece of paper and put it in the jar. Anything counts, as long as it's important to you both. At times when you're both feeling low you can cheer yourselves up by delving into the jar and reminding each other of all the amazing, positive things you both have done. Annabel says, "It's easy to feel blue at this time of year. But, while we have no control over the weather, the good news is that we have total control over the way we choose to think and feel in any given moment. It is amazing how powerful our thoughts are and how they can affect our mood. Here are some tips - some that you can do in an instant, others that take a bit more time and attention - which can help you to make that switch to happy."
Annabel Sutton's Book '52 Ways to Transform Your Life' (Matador, £8.99) is available from Amazon now. It's Happy Month at YO! Sushi until the 29th January when forty of YO! Sushi's most popular dishes hit the kaiten belt for the happy price of £2.70 each, saving you up to 40% off your meal Monday -Friday. And, to spread an extra taste of happiness, YO! Sushi will be giving everyone the chance to enjoy a blue plate absolutely free when they eat two plates or more on the 18th January.
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