By acquiring some habits, we can change our current life in a short or long time and we can live a happier life.
Moreover, we do not have to make huge differences in order to become a habit. Get ready for a radical change with the habits we start small!
The little habits you make from today shape your future.
Especially when we examine today, many of the successful people have atomic habits. So what exactly are atomic habits?
Atomic habits, “How can we live better?” is the implementation of the question. These habits have proven that the small differences we apply in our lives before doing certain tasks are indeed very effective in the short and long term.
The biggest reason for its emergence is to destroy a bad habit or to achieve our goals.
While some of us want to quit smoking, some of us want to lose their excess weight. The first situation we talk about is a bad habit, while the other is a target.
In this situation, it is not healthy and unrealistic to quit smoking or lose 15 kilos in one day. If we want to quit the bad habit we talked about and achieve the goal, we must acquire small but effective habits that allow us to get rid of these situations.
For example, you can curb your craving for cigarettes thanks to the chewing gum habit. For example, thanks to the habit of eating vegetables at every meal, you can get rid of unwanted pounds. The important thing is to practice the small but effective habits you have built into your life.
Take a walk. Walking improves both your health and your mind.
Starting from today, getting the habit of walking for 30 minutes a day will support you to live a healthier life. Thanks to the walking habit, your joint pain will decrease and it will cause your respiratory system to work more regularly.
The habit of walking also relaxes your mind. The common habit of many Silicon Valley engineers is hiking. Walking 30 minutes a day allows you to come up with new ideas, have a more relaxed mind and get rid of your bad energies.
Drink water when you wake up. Drinking water speeds up metabolism.
You woke up in the morning from your good sleep. What you need to do now is to realize a new and small habit in your life. This habit is undoubtedly drinking water. A glass of water you drink in the morning causes the toxins in the body to be removed.
The best part is that you can have a brighter skin. With the habit of drinking water as soon as you wake up, you can have a more vibrant skin and a healthier body.
Make your self-care routine. Being well-groomed brings self-confidence and happiness.
Another small habit is self-care. Don’t get me wrong, we’re not talking about dressing up and spending hours in front of the mirror. Self-care habits like getting enough sleep, eating a balanced diet and smelling good will make you happier.
The little care you do is also effective in raising your awareness. This causes you to live a more conscious life.
Spend time with your loved ones. Spending time with them gives you a more relaxed mind.
Unfortunately, your mind becomes very busy, especially when you attempt difficult tasks such as learning a software language. For this reason, spending time with loved ones is also a small but effective habit.
Spending time with your loved ones for 30 minutes or 1 hour a day makes you happy. Spending time with your loved ones makes you feel valued and important. Feeling important prevents personality disorders.
Adjust your working environment according to you. Provided you don’t have any distracting items with you, of course.
Undoubtedly, another small habit is to make the working environment efficient and to minimize distraction. In this way, you can work more regularly and systematically.
Keep only the materials you need on your desk in order to get the most out of your working environment. From time to time, you can get bored with the environment you work in. Who wouldn’t be bored? For this, it may be beneficial for you to change your environment in the meantime.
Write your daily tasks on the to-do list in order of importance. In this way, you can finish your important work first.
We all have important and not so important things in our lives that we need to do. For this, by getting the habit of preparing a list in order of importance, you can both finish your important and not so important works and increase your responsibility.
Learn to say “no”. The habit of saying “no” when faced with an event that you don’t like today is of great importance in your life.
There are people we like and people we don’t like, both near and far. Sometimes we can’t hurt the people we love very much even though we know we will get hurt and we can’t say “no”.
In such a situation, unfortunately, the sad part is usually those who cannot say “no”. Let’s not forget this. We have the right to say “no” to any situation we do not want. When we get into the habit of saying “no”, our self-esteem increases and we avoid facing the wrong situation.
Do not hesitate to write. The habit of writing helps you organize your life.
Man is a being who can regret his actions and learn from his mistakes. In general, when we make a mistake, we tell ourselves, “I won’t do it again”. Remember that the word flies, the writing remains.
The habit of writing is very effective in planning your daily life. In addition, when you read what you wrote backwards, you remember again and roll up your sleeves to prevent a wrong situation. For this reason, acquiring the habit of writing significantly organizes your life. Many important people around the world keep diaries.
Benjamin Franklin kept his scientific theories in his diary. Arnold Schwarzenneger used to keep a bodybuilding diary. Thus, it was very easy for them to both focus and organize.
Did you notice? The habits we’ve talked about so far are both simple and effective in many ways. Do you have any small but effective habit advice? Let’s meet in the comments.