A healthy lifestyle in layman’s term would be the optimum use of life resources to produce the best possible results for one’s body, mind and soul. In general, if you are healthy, you are positive, and if you are positive, you have everything.
We bring you the 7 practices for a healthy lifestyle. Have a look!
1. Drink Water
The most basic habit we should follow to stay healthy is to drink sufficient water. Most drink when it becomes necessary. Water constitutes about 55-60% of the human body weight. Water is highly essential for the optimal functioning of the human brain and to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Here are a few benefits of water are mentioned below:
It increases energy and prevents muscle fatigue
It helps in detoxification
It acts as a cushion for the brain, neural structure, and other sensitive tissues.
It helps in regulating body temperature.
2. Exercise
Most successful CEOs, entrepreneurs, and actors exercise regularly. Investing time on something is not easy. However, exercising is one investment that always generates profits in return. Research studies have shown exercise directly increases productivity. A common misconception is an exercise only helps in weight loss; it has many benefits.
It increases focus by eliminating random thoughts
It initiates discipline in life.
It helps in achieving optimum physical and mental health.
It boosts our immunity
It helps in maintaining our metabolism.
3. Meditation
Our mind is like a plane on autopilot, flying in all directions without control. Meditation assists us in becoming the pilot and controlling our thoughts.
Meditation helps us in living in the present moment and thus aids in increasing productivity. It has been practiced for thousands of years as a technique to increase mental capacity and awareness. The benefits of meditation are numerous; a selected few are;
It improves focus and memory
It declutters your brain and increases planning capacity
It increases blood circulation to the brain.
It helps in decreasing stress.
It improves awareness.
4. Money Management
A lot of us have dubious money management skills; most of us are impulsive buyers. However, money management skills can be learned from the elementary level. However, the current education system does not focus on money management. In the previous generation, our parents focused more on saving money rather than managing it; they taught us the same thing. Once we start earning, initial few months we keep on fulfilling our desires, things we always wanted but could not afford, slowly it becomes a habit therefore we start living on paycheque to paycheque.
5. Set specific goals but don’t obsess over them
People usually do not understand the basic difference between living and surviving. If you are breathing, it only implies you are alive. To live is to enjoy life. Just waking up, going through the day, and sleeping at night then repeating the same action, again and again, leads to a monotonous and less productive lifestyle.
Setting goals helps you break this cycle. So, make a list of goals and restrict them to a realistic time frame. For example, learning to play the guitar is not a goal it is a desire but learning to play the guitar within six months is a goal. Having a specific set of targets and achieving them allows you to grow your personality and self-confidence.
Working towards a goal is fulfilling but do not obsess over the final result. Sometimes things don’t happen as planned, so keep working at your speed. Never compare yourself with another person who is pursuing the same goal. It will lead to dissatisfaction and anxiety. The purpose of this exercise is to remove negative emotions from our life not run towards them. Just remember to enjoy the journey.
6. Create a morning routine
On average, the workday starts around 09:00 am for a lot of people. If someone wakes up at 05:00 am, then there is a window of four hours before starting work. Positively utilizing these hours will help you in having a productive day. Having a morning routine has its own set of benefits like it makes you focused, energetic and generates self-confidence as you have ample time to work on yourself.
Creating a morning routine is a trial and error method. You have to constantly experiment and find the right fit for you for the best possible results. There is no permanent set of rules. However, it can be evolved through time.
7. Avoid social media during sleep
We, in the 21st century, have become obsessed with social media. Facebook, Instagram, and various other applications are addictive, and we are so used to scrolling impulsively, that we open these apps off and on. Therefore, our attention span has become very small, and we get distracted by the notification sound very easily.
It also affects our sleep pattern, and we end up spending hours in the night scrolling. A good amount of sleep is required to have a productive day, and any deviation from it affects our focus and makes us feel tired all day. Refrain from using social media before sleeping and instead review the day and reflect on your mistakes and achievements.
