Self-Improvement List
To Dos
TOP (top 3 reasons why people live longer)
- Sleep (7–8hrs)
- Exercise
- Eat healthy (Mediterranean diet: more vegetables, less red meat)
DO MORE
- Read books
- Breathe
“When you’re feeling stressed, take a couple of minutes to focus on your breathing. Close the door, put away all other distractions, and just sit in a chair and breathe. The goal is to spend the entire time focused only on your breathing, which will prevent your mind from wandering. Think about how it feels to breathe in and out. This sounds simple, but it’s hard to do for more than a minute or two. It’s all right if you get sidetracked by another thought; this is sure to happen at the beginning, and you just need to bring your focus back to your breathing. If staying focused on your breathing proves to be a real struggle, try counting each breath in and out until you get to 20, and then start again from 1. Don’t worry if you lose count; you can always just start over.
This task may seem too easy or even a little silly, but you’ll be surprised by how calm you feel afterward and how much easier it is to let go of distracting thoughts that otherwise seem to have lodged permanently inside your brain.” via Travis Bradberry, Ph.D. at Forbes
- Disconnect !!!! (I don’t do this enough…should do this more with reading books)
- Reframe Their Perspective
- Limit Caffeine Intake
- Appreciate What you Have
ALREADY DOING WELL
- Stay Positive
- Deal with Dilemma / Avoid Asking “What If?” too much
- Manage your energy
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