3 Simple but Effective Steps to overcome frustration

Be here now.

When you are frustrated then you are often somewhere in the future in your mind. Somewhere you wish you would be. Or you are reliving a stumble or failure from your past. Snap out of those headspaces and calm down by focusing your mind and attention on what is now. Focus on your breathing. Sit down, close your eyes and just focus on the air going and out of your nose for 1-2 minutes. Focus on what is around you at this time and do this to get your attention back to the present moment.

Appreciate what you do have.

After you have pulled your attention back to where it can be most helpful focus it on what is still positive in your life. The quickest and easiest way to do so is to focus it on appreciating what you do have such as friends and family, shelter, food. A personal experience would be when a friend had gifted me something I was really hoping and wishing for but I could not get at the time. For days, I left it on the armchair in the living room so that it was not out of sight. This only helped me to realize and be thankful for wonderful friends that were always there when I needed help. Try this and you will find much to be grateful for.

Focus on what you can do right now.

With your attention in the present moment and your mood a more grateful and positive one it is now time to get constructive about what frustrates you. You can do that by asking yourself “What is one small step I can take right now to improve this situation?”. It may be to see what you can learn from what frustrates you and to try another path towards your goal or it could be to try one more time and to keep going because not all things in life will come to you the first, second or third time you try. This would help you to recharge and then get back into moving towards what you want out of your life in a more focused way.