“If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up.” — J.M. Power

Ha Nguyen
2 min readAug 1, 2020

Life is wonderful or miserable

Depending a lot on what you decide to do & how you decide to feel each day

In fact, every morning when the alarm rings, we already have two decisions to make

. Hit snooze & go back to sleep, or

. Wake up and chase the dreams you’ve always thought about

As J.M. Power said, “If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up.”

Make use of the Fresh-Start Effect

You have much more MOTIVATION to make a positive change or create a turning-point in your life

At the beginning of something new.

Some examples of this so-called fresh-start effect:

⭐️ Event-wise -> having a new job, moving to a new place, starting a new relationship.

⭐️ Timewise -> season changes, new year.

Too much positivity is negative

Just like everything else, positivity is a double-edged sword, for example

  • See opportunities in everything, hard to say no & stay focus
  • Be less careful with risks
  • Avoid negative feelings which are also a beautiful part of life

So the art to master is not to be positive all the time

But to know when, where, and how to make positivity do you good.

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Ha Nguyen
Ha Nguyen

Written by Ha Nguyen

A child advocate & entrepreneur in Helsinki who cares about education, fairness, the environment & sustainability. Stay in touch on IG: @a.second.of.happiness