Becoming a simple, down-to-earth person is a difficult task that requires a lot of patience. Here's how to do it.
Steps
Step 1. Why do you want to become a down to earth person?
If you want it because you are looking for gratification, to learn or to grow, then you are on the right track.
Step 2. Relax
Start right away: relax your shoulders and neck.
Step 3. Check your emotional state
How do you feel? Are you good or bad?
Step 4. Be aware of the environment around you, including people's feelings and their behavior
For this, you will need a lot of practice.
Step 5. Become good at something, even if you will have to work hard until you drop
Excelling at something will help you to behave more calmly and openly towards others.
Step 6. Don't fantasize about your ideal life or condition
Accept life for what it is, or (possibly) think big and try to make your fantasy a reality.
Step 7. Don't expect exceptional things
Do not think that you will get along with anyone or that everything will go just as you wanted.
Step 8. Treat everyone as human beings
If you can fully understand this concept, it will be much easier to have 'your feet on the ground'. Judging people based on categories and preconceptions is the reason for having prejudices. The truth is that 'we are all human beings', so there is no justification for feeling superior or inferior.
Step 9. Don't let the little things stop you
Try to see everything as a whole instead of dramatizing too much about small quarrels or situations.
Step 10. When your heart is broken, think about how you will feel in the future
Chances are that something that made you sick now won't matter in the future, so what's the point of hurting yourself now?
Step 11. Slow down; think before you talk
Just change your pace and get carried away.
Step 12. Listen to people
Never turn your back on people and don't interrupt them while they talk, you could offend them.
Advice
- Sit down and listen to some music for a while; it will help you relax.
- Learn to play a musical instrument; it will allow you to express yourself in a beautiful way.
- You can also ask an expert for advice to learn how to relax and, therefore, have your feet on the ground.
