HOW TO SOLVE WORST LIFE PROBLEMS

HOW TO SOLVE WORST LIFE PROBLEMS

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Md. Lutful Huda

1. Life is of course full of problems and having problems is a part of life. But living life in optimal ways requires understanding how to solve life problems. In fact, it could be said that those who successfully work through their life problems, live a happier and rewarding life. Here are few steps can definitely bring some value as to how you can solve life problems: 

Find the Origin

2. Think and find the origin of the problem. When did you first notice this problem? Sometimes you may not notice something until it has been going on for a long time. This might especially be true if your problem involves other people.

Take Responsibility

3. Acknowledge your problem. It can be tempting to stay away from the issue that is causing you problems. However, avoiding the problem does not help solve it. Instead, accept that the problem exists and ask yourself some questions about it. Life is unfair. This is just such an inconvenience. In fact, you don’t even deserve this and you certainly don’t have the time to deal with this problem. You have this problem because life has something of value to teach you. With this in mind, take responsibility and use the problem as a challenge to get better in future.

Research the Problem 

4. Many problems are common enough to have plenty of details online. Your research can include journals or discussion forums. Behavioral, financial, academic or any other issue you may have, will most likely have been written about online.

Talk About the Problem

5. Share all the relevant details of your problem with someone that you trust with the information, such as a friend, family member, teacher, or parent. At the least, it can help to reduce stress. In addition, she or he may be able to offer you advice that you hadn't thought of before.

Embrace Your Feelings

6. Your feelings can act as guides that let you know how your problem solving is going. Feelings are important, even the negative ones. If you feel very frustrated or angry, for example, rather than trying to brush those feelings under the rug, acknowledge them and assess their cause. By finding the source, you may also find solutions to your problem.

Avoid Assumptions

7. Avoid making assumptions. Go through the problem in details. Try to be positive always in thinking, evealuting, finding and solving the problem. Take full responsibility of your problem. Then you are in the right frame of mind to start solving it. The best place to start is of course to use the lessons from solving past problems and applying them to your current predicament. Our past can certainly provide us with many valuable insights and clues to help us in the present moment. Think of other people who have been in a similar situation and how they resolved it. Could the same way work for you? For example, if you are struggling with addiction to alcohol, you could attend an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting and get a sense of the strategies successfully sober people used to remain that way.

Ask Right Questions 

8. Realizing, thinking, evaluating as to how to solve life problems always begins with proper perspective. However, in order to gain proper perspective, you need to ask the right questions. This all, of course, begins the moment you decide to turn your problem into a question and start restating it in a variety of ways. This is advantageous because asking a question brings along with it possibilities and answers. It encourages to focus on the solutions rather than getting lost within the intricacies of our problem. Asking one question of course brings to mind other possible questions. And with every question asked you gain deeper insights that can help you solve your problems.

Seek Alternatives

9. At times, you may get stuck up while you are trying to solve your life problems. You will reach a point where you just run out of ideas and just don’t know how to proceed. This is the point where you need to look for alternatives. Books can of course be of tremendous value. Throughout history, people have been solving all sorts of problems. Learn from them and use their stories of struggle and triumph on how to solve life problems in your own life. Likewise ask the people in your life for their input, ideas and suggestions. Their unique life experiences might help you see your problem in a more favorable way.

Put in Pictures

10. Put things into perspective. Most likely, your problem is not the end of the world. You can still carry on despite it. Every problem either has a solution or can be looked at in a different way that shows it’s not really such a problem at all. Pictures will help you to bring your thoughts to life on paper in front of your eyes. Once there, you can begin playing with your thoughts and ideas. And explore the same, and even re-imagine them on paper in a variety of ways. Doing so will help you assess your problem from unique vantage points and perspectives that may lead to incredible breakthroughs and ideas. 

Ponder On Your Problem

11. Pondering over your problem in a variety of ways. To ponder over a problem requires putting yourself into a relaxed state of mind. And then just allowing your imagination to go to work. You can of course do this while lying in bed, walking on the way, or while meditating. Sometimes it just takes time to solve a problem. You need to give your ideas the space to manifest, to grow and expand in your imagination.

Brainstorm Solutions

12. Make a list of possible solutions to your problem. Think of where you can start, whom you can ask for help and what resources you will need. Be sure to think of lots of solutions and not to judge them as you are thinking of them. Just write down everything that comes to mind and evaluate whether it is a good or bad solution.

See a Counselor 

13. If your problem involves your mental health or well being, or is impacting either, consider looking up a mental health professional and booking an appointment. These professionals can help you cope with and solve your problems. 

Put Your Plan Into Action 

14. Once you know what you want to do and you’ve gathered your resources, implement your solution and face your problem head on. If the first solution doesn’t work, try your alternative or go back to the drawing board and make one. The important thing is to keep going until you've successfully conquered the problem.

Conclusions

15. The steps stated above, you need to take on how to solve life problems. Using the steps can certainly help you work through your life problems far more effectively. Some problems will of course take a little more time and effort to solve. Just maybe you might not even be able to solve all of them. You might very well fail time and again. But within every failure there is the seed of opportunity to learn and grow from every experience that will help you to solve your life problems in better ways.

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Prepared by Major (R) Md. Lutful Huda, presently Chairman of TIDAC and Dreamwork Limited, Chief Editor of 'Crime and Judgement' Magazine

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