Habits are something we do without actively thinking about it and can be repeated. They can be both positive and negative, healthy, or unhealthy. We need to develop positive habits as they will help us do things without a lot of mental effort.
These positive and healthy habits are not only good but essential to creating happiness and fulfilment in our lives. Let's find out a bit more.
Healthy habits help us in several ways -
Staying healthy, in turn, can lead to increased happiness,
Reducing the risk of developing chronic and often serious health conditions like heart disease and diabetes.
Forming better relationships with family and friends,
Building self-confidence, and
This can lead to achieving enhanced success and blissfulness in life.
Making and following a Routine –
It is very helpful to create a routine. This doesn’t have to be a complicated task or time-consuming. It needs some planning as well as discipline. It is important to remember a routine is quite a personalised thing and what works for others may not work for me and vice versa.
Things like work commitments, family commitments and other things can affect your routine so it has to be personalised but what is pertinent is that once it is created, we try our best to stick to it no matter what. This will help us achieve our goals more efficiently and give us a better sense of satisfaction. It will also help us to organise ourselves.
Set your own goals and expectations.
Setting our own goals and expectations is as essential as creating our routine and sticking to it. This helps in focussing our efforts on the relevant things and keeping ourselves organised. It also reduces the risks of failure and disappointment. The goal setting helps us in monitoring our progress so we can track how much we have come and how much more to go.
Setting our boundaries is important so that we don’t overstretch ourselves and are realistic with our expectations.
Celebrate your milestones and reflect on your progress.
it is important to track our progress and celebrate our successes so that we know we are in the right direction. This is necessary for any journey since it allows us to reflect on what we have done so far and where we need improvement.
Celebrating every small milestone is also an important part of this journey since it allows us to recognize our accomplishments and keep motivated.
Replacing negative and unhealthy habits
Negative habits affect our physical and mental health consciously and subconsciously. These habits can lead to chronic illnesses, stress, fatigue, lethargy and sometimes even worse. We need to identify these habits and get rid of them as soon as possible.
There are lots of tips and strategies to get rid of bad habits and it doesn’t necessarily have to be very difficult either. This can lead to our general well-being. It is about breaking patterns, and finding newer, better habits. So how do we do it?
Let’s get started.
Believe me, you are not alone in this journey. Just like you and me, so many want to get on this journey of creating good, better habits for a more blissful life. For every one of us, the principles remain the same although the finer details may be slightly different for every individual.
The key lies in your reflection as it is dependent on mine me, honestly.
Try to find our bad habits and replace them with good ones.
Make a routine customised to our lifestyle and commit to following it, no matter what.
Set realistic expectations and set boundaries.
Start with small changes rather than big ones and then gradually keep adding more.
Find things that you enjoy and change them into habits.
Make sure you sleep well because those matters. It matters more than you ever imagined.
Make sure you drink enough fluids, water being the best option when possible.
Make sure you take time out to care for yourself. Self-care is important.
Be conscious of your progress and also of anything that distracts you. It is important to realise that results may take time and you keep yourself motivated.
Connect with like-minded people. It helps to share and network. But don’t depend on them for your happiness.
At the end of the day, having the desire, creating routines, setting up realistic goals, setting boundaries, celebrating milestones, and having strict discipline is what will lead you to attain a successful, happy, and blissful life.
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