Change your life for the better by introducing only the best and most useful habits into it. Start the day with a clean slate, not postponing everything for an endless "Monday" or "tomorrow".
And it's not just about smoking, drinking alcohol or using foul language. This article is not about morality and ethics, but about the subtle things that start the mechanism and make life successful and you happy. What good habits should you adopt to maintain your mental and physical he alth?
Start your day positive
Wake up in the morning with the thought that a good day awaits you. And remember: what you think about will materialize sooner or later. Learn to program your life, and for this you need to start every morning.
You need to enjoy the little things. When yourealize that waking up in the morning is already a good reason to smile, then your life will begin to change dramatically. By implementing this good habit, you will notice that you have a positive attitude towards everything around you, less react to stress and negativity from the outside.
Even if you protect yourself from problems, stop eating junk food, avoid conflict situations - this will only aggravate your condition. All negativity will accumulate in your soul until it begins to destroy it.
Self-control and discipline
Surely each of you has heard the saying: "Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today." Try it yourself: sort out the accumulated cases that confuse and shame you. Even if you have been thinking about dismantling a storage closet or cleaning your computer of unnecessary programs for a long time, start right now.
"I have too much work", "I'm tired", "I'll do everything on vacation" - you do not notice how you deceive yourself. Of course, there is no escape from work, but we waste most of our free time pointlessly on games, social networks or watching TV shows. Not even for reading and self-education, but for aimless wandering on the Internet. If you spend your free time on a long-planned business, then you will witness how your inner world will begin to change. Firstly, the heavy lump that has been trailing behind you all this time will disappear and the long-awaited relief will come. Secondly, with order in the outside world comes order in the head and soul.
Besides, having accustomed myself to carry out the assigned tasks immediatelyhowever, as soon as the opportunity presents itself, you teach yourself discipline. This is the seed from which a responsible, reliable person grows, whom you can rely on at any moment. And in life, such a good habit will have a beneficial effect. After all, you will always keep all your affairs under control and be sure of absolutely everything. Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today, because that's the only way to stop carrying the heavy burden of shame, sense of unfulfilled duty, and responsibility that eats away at us from the inside.
Active Life
Another simple but good habit is walking. The benefits of such an activity are great, since during the walk you activate the work of the muscles of the whole body. As a result, the work of the muscular, cardiovascular and respiratory systems improves. After a week of such an experiment, you will feel much better. Namely, the numbness of the limbs will pass, the constant chills will cease to torment, and the legs and arms will not freeze around the clock. This is because walking has a beneficial effect on blood circulation, which transports oxygen that nourishes muscle, brain and cell tissues.
Hiking is a he althy habit, because walking burns extra calories, which contributes to rapid weight loss. Yes, and the body becomes more resilient and strong.
Don't know where to start? Try to get off 10-15 minutes earlier and take the bus not at the usual stop, but at the next one, which is located 300-500 meters away. Replace the elevator with stairs, choose shops,located farther from your home, go shopping 2-3 times a day. You need only a week to get rid of stagnant processes, improve blood flow throughout the body, and strengthen your immune system. Just one week and you will begin to notice that such walks make you a stress-resistant, resilient and positive person.
Say "Yes!" meditation
Relaxation and meditation are he althy habits that many people question. People do not understand at all how sitting still can have a beneficial effect on their body. However, it is meditation that allows you to relax the whole body, to move away from problems and negativity for a while.
The fact is that modern society lives in a frantic pace, when there is no time for a good rest. Instead of peace and quiet, we choose to watch TV shows, visit noisy places and social networks, mistakenly believing that this is the relaxation that everyone is talking about. Meditation, although not the first time, can abstract you from the outside world. Being at rest, you mentally push off from the hustle and bustle of everyday life.
Of course, you will have to practice meditation every day before you learn to disengage from the surrounding problems and worldly concerns. To do this, you need to regularly find a comfortable position, learn to hear your breathing, aligning it. Meditating for 10 minutes a day can become a good habit that will change your life forever and have a beneficial effect on physical and mental he alth.
Go in for sports
Let's be honest - this advice is already beaten and pretty tired of everyone. The whole world is full of bright headlines that encourage you to get off the couch and start playing active sports. And at this moment, we begin to come up with all sorts of excuses, just not to make sports our daily habit - useful and necessary.
But to be honest, sport can really make you happy. Firstly, during classes you spend the accumulated energy, so after training there is no strength and desire to lament the whole world, get angry. Secondly, you will forever get rid of the complexes that are securely settled in your brain. Because the state of he alth will improve, as well as the mood, the body will become embossed, toned, elastic. Guys will begin to feel more masculine, women - sexier. And all thanks to regular training.
Time to bust the myth: You don't have to go to the gym to get your first shot. It is enough even to do push-ups every other day or do squats to realize how you intellectually unload from a hard day, began to sleep better, which improved efficiency, increased libido.
Follow the routines
Self-discipline is a very important habit for physical and mental he alth. If we do not control our lives, do not establish orders and do not comply with them, then soon we begin to relax, allowing ourselves to oversleep an important meeting, be late for a date, or, worse, start ignoring diseases that are long overdue.treat.
Follow the rules if you want to live well. Namely:
- Get up and go to bed at the same time. Find a sleep schedule that works for you when you're fully rested. For someone, even six hours is enough, while going to bed no earlier than midnight. And someone is ready to go to bed almost at 8 pm, dinner hardly has time to be digested.
- Eat at least 4-5 times a day. Divide food into small portions - so you improve your metabolism and stop suffering from indigestion. Avoid fast food and don't be lazy to set aside 2-3 hours to cook your own meals every day. For example, did you know that some prepared meals can be frozen? Buckwheat with meat sauce, fried chicken with rice, fish and potatoes in a rustic way. Even after defrosting, you can enjoy a fragrant dish that looks like it was just cooked. But remember: such dishes are stored in the freezer for no more than three months.
- Drink plenty of water. Replace teas, coffee, lemonades, juices with plain bottled water. Your body will thank you!
Bookworm
Reading is a really he althy habit. Useful skills that you can discover from this activity are quick assimilation of information, increased vocabulary, eloquence, a wide view of the world.
As Mark Twain said:
A person who does not read good books has no advantage over a person who cannot read.
The world is filled with truly great masterpieces that have come a long way. Allthese stories may have been lost, burned and forgotten, but the people carried them carefully and gave them to their followers.
There are good books and there are bad ones. You will determine this for yourself, because, having started reading, you will immediately understand what is most interesting for you. But the fact remains - in books you can find answers to questions, get acquainted with new information, begin to look more broadly at people, their characters and destinies. This has the advantage, because literature teaches us absolutely everything.
Don't just choose self-help books that come out one after the other with the same type of advice. And first of all, those that were written in simple human language, reflecting the true world, its essence and pressing issues. This may not be a scientific publication, but a simple fictional story with non-existent characters, destinies and characters.
Self-development
Books are a good habit for children and adults. But just reading literature is not enough, because you need to expand your horizons. Just imagine that you live almost all your life in one place and do not even suspect that there is a completely different world outside - unusual, inspiring, frightening, huge.
- First, start learning languages. Do not strive to master ten at once and do not try to master it one hundred percent. Learn it from the heart so that you like it yourself. When you can understand a foreign dialect and communicate in a new language with a native speaker, even with constant corrections, you will realize that countless people live around you.most interesting people. This useful habit will open the door to a new world for you - you will be able to watch your favorite TV shows and read your favorite books in the original edition, appreciating the tragedy and humor of the authors, listen to songs and understand their meaning.
- Second, don't reject science. Do not divide people into technicians and humanitarians. Get to know how our world works and it will definitely delight and inspire you.
- Third, be creative, especially if your soul is drawn to it. Do you want to learn how to play the cello, but are afraid that others will judge you, because you recently turned forty years old? Are you afraid to start dancing because of being overweight? Interested in attending calligraphy and herbalism courses, but embarrassed that you serve in a government organization? Understand one thing, that time is running out and if you don’t try to do what you like, you will regret it all your life. And this will definitely undermine your mental and physical state.
A set of good habits
Cicero believed that habit is nothing but the second "I". What we repeat day after day reflects our essence, character and life position.
- Start your day always with breakfast. Do not skip this meal, because in this way you saturate the body with energy and strength for the whole day. It is best to eat cereal porridge with fresh fruits or nuts.
- Keep a diary or notebook. Write in it all the most important things, starting with important things and ending with good events that happen to you. In it, start leadingpersonal budget, especially if they began to notice that wages were no longer enough for a month of living. This will help you soberly assess the situation. For some, this will be a reason to start saving, ridding yourself of such habits as the purchase of unnecessary things, but for someone it will be a signal that it is time to grow, look for new ways to earn money, reaching great heights.
- Learn to treat your jokes as humor. Laugh with everyone, do not miss the opportunity to play a joke on a friend or colleague, and most importantly - do not look for the negative in everything.
How to change habits
Change does not come by itself, just as stones do not move without help. At the moment, you are a huge rock that has to grow its legs and walk freely on the ground. If you do not start to change your life, then you will remain in your place. As a rule, such people begin to get used to the same days and weeks, believing that this is the best thing in their life that happened to them.
Changing habits isn't that hard. Scientists have proven that a person needs only 21 days to accustom himself to something new - no matter if you are going to quit smoking or pump the press every day. The question is - do you need some habits for you?
Review your life and realize what you would like to change the most, what you dream about, what stresses and depresses you. When you prioritize, it's easy to start good habits. Let's give an example: you do not have time for anything, all the time solving things on the go and leaving them halfway. Despite this, at the end of the working day you feel exhausted. In this case, you need to learn how to distribute responsibilities by writing them in your diary. You need to see before your eyes which cases are not yet finished, which require immediate attention, and which can wait a few weeks.
