Ata mārie, today’s wellbeing tip is: Manage your expectations and take charge of your thinking.

During difficult times and times of change it’s important to make sure your expectations of yourself are reasonable. These could be expectations about how productive you should be, how long you should be working at a stretch, and what kind of parent or partner you should be. Consider relaxing overly high standards of yourself and be understanding when you don’t finish something. Equally important is if you are not putting in effort.  Ideally you want a balance for better overall wellbeing.  We don’t need perfection.  We need harmony.

How you think impacts on how you feel so take control of what you say to yourself (self-talk). Try talking to yourself as if you were talking to your favourite person, someone you want to look after and wish the best for.