Tip 1: Focus on the short rather than the long term.

Tip 2: Instead of worrying, prepare.

Tip 3: Acceptance is an antidote to worry.

There are many situations in life when you are confronted by a need to leave behind and move on. Gratitude and forgiveness may also help us to have fewer regrets and move forward.

Here is an exercise that may help you: Write a letter to your younger self when you were 25 or 40 years old about your present life. This letter may help you to see how far you have progressed, to let go of the past and stop you from focusing on your regrets. You will realize that you have overcome many difficulties in your life and progressed this far!

Being curious and wanting to learn more is important if you wish to have more joy in your life irrespective of your age. Hope is about positive expectations and believing in the future. Being hopeful means that you want to do or achieve something that you believe might be possible, even when the situation is uncertain. Hopefulness means saying to yourself that you won’t give up, that you will keep on trying.

Please refer to the book for more details on this activity.