Eight Easy Ways To Improve Your Lifestyle

7/10/2018

There is so much talk about self improvement these days and it seems many folks are looking for the next quick fix to help them feel better, look a certain way or improve an aspect of their lives. Often there is no such thing as a quick fix--or if there is--it's probably short lived and unsustainable. When it comes to improving your lifestyle (which can impact other areas of your life) it is actually easier to make small changes that will have a big impact on how you feel, and it all starts with you. Here are eight ways to improve your lifestyle, and to help you on your way to looking and feeling better.

Eight Easy Ways To Improve Your Lifestyle

1. Get More Sleep
As you may have guessed, getting a good night's sleep is actually one of the best ways to improve your lifestyle. It isn’t always about getting more sleep, sometimes it's about the quality of sleep that you get. For example, if your sleep suffers because you find yourself too hot (helloooooo menopause!) try a product like hot sleeper sheets. If you find your mind racing at night, consider winding down by writing your thoughts in a journal, drinking a cup of Sleepytime tea or use an app such as Calm, which features relaxation and meditation music, focus and study music, and sleep music channels.

2. Drink More Water
Water is definitely a great way to improve your lifestyle and something we should be drinking more of each day. It is a natural detox that can help clear up your skin, improve your energy levels and mood swings and can even aid with sleep. If you can get into the habit of drinking more each day you will start to see massive improvements to how you look and feel. If you're wondering just how much water you need, enter your stats in the calculator below.

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3. Exercise Often and Consistently

Everyone knows that exercise can help us to look and feel better. Even light to moderate, low impact exercises can be beneficial. Yoga, Tai Chi and my favorite old school Callanetics can help improve breathing, blood circulation and strength. And check out the benefits exercise has on mental health:

4. Focus on your Mental Health
Speaking of mental health, your mindset can go unnoticed or with little attention due to other factors in your life but actually it is one of the most important ways to ensure that you have a healthier lifestyle. Your mind and what you think affect the everything you do, so a positive outlook on life can help improve things. This means focusing on things like your thought process, the language that you use and what you think. Trying to make sure that these words and thoughts are positive. It can feel forced at first but will soon develop into a habit.

Smile More Often

It sounds very simple, but smiling is a great way to boost your mood and make someone’s day in the process. Smiling more instantly has a positive affection your life. You smile at people and they smile back, you smile just at yourself in the mirror to help you feel good, it is a positive behavioural habit and can definitely help towards improving your lifestyle.

Get Organized

"Kipple is useless objects, like junk mail or match folders after you use the last match or gum wrappers or yesterday's homeopape. When nobody's around, kipple reproduces itself ... the entire universe is moving towards a final state of total, absolute kippleization." ~ Philip K. Dick

We all have kipple, and it could be wreaking havoc on our mental health! Check out this 6-part guide on the mind boosting benefits of having an organized home.

Eating a Better and More Balanced Diet

What you put into your body is ultimately what you get out of it, so why not take the time to ensure that you have a varied balanced diet. It isn’t about starving yourself of certain food groups or going on some extreme diet, the balance is ensuring you eat all of the necessary food groups to give your body the nutrients and vitamins it needs to function.

Setting Goals and Achieving Them

Finally, there is nothing better setting yourself some goals and achieving them. This might be in the workplace, your personal life or just mini targets that you set yourself. We all have goals, but perhaps we haven’t visited them in some time. Each year we make a set of resolutions but how often do we really stick to them? Having a big goal is great, but make sure you set yourself mini goals along the way to help you reach it. This can keep you motivated.

I hope that these suggestions help you to improve your lifestyle. Do you have any others to add? Let me know in the comments below!

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