Keep Healthy Habits Like Consistent Exercise
Before you can give others your best, you have to sort out your own priorities and learn to tell yourself, “Focusing on myself is important.” And again, it has to be constant: Your goals might change, and that’s OK as it’s part of focusing on what you really want. What isn’t OK is focusing on others at the expense of yourself.
Keep healthy habits like consistent exercise
Put your health first
What better way to focus on yourself than to prioritize your health?
When you feel better, you’ll get more done than you would be working yourself into the ground.
You can get a long way by taking a “mother’s advice” approach to your health. That means:
- Take breaks often
- Exercise for 30 minutes at least three times per week
- Eat lots of fresh fruits and vegetables
- Get at least 7-8 hours of sleep a night
- Meditate for 10 minutes per day
- Avoid drugs and alcohol
- Ask for help when you need it
- Spend less time on social media day to day
If you struggle with maintaining healthy habits like consistent exercise, then try to make it more fun.
Spell out your dreams
Get a college education, land a job that makes a lot of money, and reach that next rung of your career. The traditional vision of success appeals to a lot of people, but it may not be right for you. Ask yourself: What does the life I actually want look like?
It’s up to you to create a vision for your life. You don’t need to know all the details, but you should be able to paint the broad strokes. Say you know that you enjoy history and writing. The key stages of your life vision might include:
- Become a freelance writer
- Write a historical fiction novel
- Win the Booker Prize for Fiction
- Work for a state historical society
- Become the modern Leo Tolstoy
Or, let’s say you are working in healthcare, and while you don’t want a complete career change, you do want to pivot toward something different. You can start looking into online programs that would allow you to earn certifications without having to go back to school to earn another degree.
