Problem: Article: Learning to count your blessings can help you stop worrying and even create a better, more positive relationship with money. Each day, write out at least 3 things that went well. These can be relating to personal finances or life in general. A gratitude practice will make you feel more positive about your situation and cultivate awareness for your good fortune. To lower your stress about money, spend more time thinking positive thoughts about money rather than worried ones. You might try affirmations like:  “I am working toward my earning goals.” “I have everything I need to take care of myself.” “I am open and receptive to all the wealth life offers me.” Sometimes there is simply nothing you can do in the immediate moment to fix your financial problems. For example, maybe you just can't afford to pay your credit card debts right now. Make a plan for how you will deal with them when things get better, and then move on. Worrying about your debts will not make the problem go away faster. If you are getting calls from debt collectors, do not answer them until you are able to start making payments. Talking to collectors when there's nothing you can do will just add to your stress. Imagining yourself reaching your money goals or achieving financial stability may help you maintain momentum. Spend some time each day envisioning yourself achieving your goals.  Close your eyes, take a deep breath, and relax. Call to your mind's eye that vision you'd like to accomplish, such as saving $10,000. See yourself depositing the money at the bank. Feel the excitement of reaching your goal. Activate all your senses in this experience. You can also look up specific visualization exercises on YouTube relating to money.
Summary: Practice gratitude to improve your outlook. Recite positive affirmations about money. Let go of things that you cannot control. Start a visualization practice.

Problem: Article: Before you can begin to tackle your jealousy, you need to admit that it's a real problem that is taking over your life and keeping you from loving the person that you are. Jealousy can be truly debilitating and can keep you from reaching your goals and becoming a better person. Here are some signs that jealously is taking over your life:  If you spend most of your time wishing you had what others have, instead of appreciating what you have. If you are constantly comparing yourself to your friends, family members, and coworkers, and finding that you always come up short. If you are jealous of a specific person and can't hang out with her for five minutes without wishing that you had her clothes, her looks, and her attitude. If you are jealous of all of your friends' relationships, and wish your relationship could be half as good as theirs. If you're in a relationship and you can't stand it when your significant other interacts with anyone of the opposite sex. You are convinced that every other girl has only one goal—to steal your boyfriend. If you're so obsessed that you are constantly looking at your significant other's Facebook, or even his phone or email, for signs that he is cheating on you. If you can't go more than a few minutes without comparing your relationship, your career, or your family to the relationships, careers, and families of everyone you meet. If you are incredibly jealous whenever one of your friends hangs out with a new friend. If this makes you ask, "What's wrong with me?" Once you admit that you have a real problem with jealousy and want to tame the ugly green dragon, you have to understand why you are having feelings of jealousy to begin with. If you feel like you are missing out on what others have, then there must be some inadequacies in your own life. Here's how to understand where your feels are coming from:  Are you jealous of just one aspect of your friends' lives? For example, if you're only jealous of your friends' romantic relationships because yours doesn't stack up to theirs, then you should try to improve your relationship on its own terms, or end the relationship if it's not worth saving. Are you jealous of your best friend because she is pursuing her career as an artist, while you're afraid to take that step? This may be a sign that you should rethink your career path. Are you jealous of absolutely everything anyone has? If you think that you don't have anything that people could be jealous of, then you are suffering from insecurity and a lack of confidence. You need to work on improving how you view yourself before you can move on from your jealousy. Are you jealous of the way your friends look? Do you feel that your life would be so much better if you looked like they did? Try to develop a unique style, spend more time with a healthy diet and exercise, and just learn to love your best features by looking in the mirror and reminding yourself of the things you love about yourself every day.
Summary: Recognize that you have a problem. Reflect on your jealousy.

Problem: Article: Children with ADHD are often overwhelmed by what might seem like simple tasks.  You can make it easier to achieve tasks by breaking them down into smaller steps, sometimes called "chunking."  Teachers don’t tell students they have a 10-page research paper with citations due in a month, then walk off and expect success. They pass out written instructions with the assignment chunked into milestones with deadlines. Students get feedback at every stage of the process. Parents can do the same with chores, establishing routines that reflect consistent instructions. For example, if your child is responsible for loading the dishwasher, you might break up the task in this way:  First load all the plates on the bottom. Now load all glasses on the top. Next is silverware… and so on. To ensure the child heard and understood the instructions you gave, ask her or him to repeat back what you said. This allows you to verify that the child understood, so you can clarify if necessary. It can also help reinforce the task in the child's mind There are several types of reminders you can provide that can help a child with ADHD stay focused and on task.  For cleanup tasks, you can create a system that uses color-coded bins or shelves. Written labels and pictures can also help the child remember what goes where at cleanup time.  A checklist, day-planner, calendar, or chore-board can also be helpful for children struggling with focus issues.  At school, try to organize a "homework buddy" to help remind the child of school tasks they need to accomplish. Young people in general don't have a very precise sense of time. Children with ADHD struggle with this even more. To help a child with ADHD follow instructions in a timely manner, its important to help with these clock issues. For example, set out a kitchen timer. Let the child know you'd like to see the task completed the before it beeps. Or, play some music the child is familiar with. Tell him or her you want the task completed before the music is over, or before a particular song ends. As the child accomplishes each step of the task, praise him or her. This will help build his or her self-esteem and sense of accomplishment. Providing praise at each step increases the chances of future successes, too. Making chores fun can help reduce the stress that an ADHD child may feel when taking on a new task. Here are a few ideas:  Give instructions using silly voices. Try role-playing. Pretend to be a character from a book, movie or TV show, and/or invite your child to do so. For example, your child could dress up as Cinderella on chore day, while you play music from the movie.  If the child starts to get stressed out, make the next chore a silly one, or assign a silly movement to do or sound to make while working. Don't be afraid to take a snack break if things get too rough.
Summary:
Break it down into steps. Ask the child to repeat what you've said. Provide reminders. Help with time issues. Provide praise at each step. Make it fun.