The 5 healthy habits all of us need
Build habits that build positive foundations for your self-fulfillment. Try to optimize them by your preferences.
1. Deal with not being a morning person
It does not matter if you want to wake up at 5 o’clock or 10 o’clock. Find what works better for you and stick with it. As a non-morning person, I have forced myself into believing that by not waking up I am missing or I will not manage to be as productive as the other who do wake up early. Well, if you suffer by doing it, then you are experiencing suffering just for the sake of it. Accept who you are and how you operate. The timing of your prime hour has nothing to do with it.
2. Do something that creates enjoyment for you every day
It does not matter if you are working long hours or not. You need to find a way to draw some kind of enjoyment in your daily routines. Others do it with a bar of chocolate; others hit the gym, others talk on the phone with loved ones. The key here is to create a few pockets of me-time per day that will fuel your energy and your positivity, and that will break the routine.
3. Follow your bloody schedule
I am very disorganized. To the point of not following a calendar because I believed that it confines me on my schedule. That is just bloody foolish. Keep a bloody calendar. Put birthdays and deadlines in it. Mark the calls that you need to do. Schedule the time that you want to leave work. Plan the day you want to have!
4. Build an antilibrary #UmbertoEco.
We all celebrate our knowledge by decorating the books that we have read in our libraries. We keep them as trophies to remind us of the knowledge we have conquered. Umberto Eco supported the creation of an anti-library which is the set of books that is conscious unconquered knowledge for us. Do not just keep a To-read list. Purchase the damn books and keep them in your library. Being reminded of all the knowledge that we do not have offers a better life lesson to most of us. And helps become more comfortable with acknowledging that we do not know everything.
The problem (or the opportunity) with anti-libraries is that they fill themselves a lot faster than regular libraries.
5. Try to learn something new every week
The best time to plant a tree was 15 years ago. The second best time is today. Try to plant as many trees as possible and to expand actively learn something new constantly.
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