Improve Your Life: What
10 Things Should You Do Every Day To Improve Your Life?
MAY 28, 2012 by ERIC BARKER
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1) Get out in nature
You probably seriously
underestimate how important this is. (Actually, there’s research that says you
do.) Being in nature reduces stress, makes you more creative, improves your
memory and may even make you a better person.
2) Exercise
We all know how important
this is, but few people do it consistently. Other than health benefits too
numerous to mention, exercise makes you smarter, happier, improves sleep,
increases libido and makes you feel better about your body. A Harvard study
that has tracked a group of men for more than 70 years identified it as one of
the secrets to a good life.
3) Spend time with friends and family
Harvard happiness
expert Daniel Gilbert identified this as one of the biggest sources of
happiness in our lives. Relationships are worth more than you think
(approximately an extra $131,232 a year.) Not feeling socially connected can
make you stupider and kill you. Loneliness can lead to heart attack, stroke and
diabetes. The longest lived people on the planet all place a strong emphasis on
social engagement and good relationships are more important to a long life than
even exercise. Friends are key to improving your life. Share good news and
enthusiatically respond when others share good news with you to improve your
relationships. Want to instantly be happier? Do something kind for them.
4) Express gratitude
It will make you
happier.
It will improve your
relationships.
It can make you a
better person.
It can make life better
for everyone around you.
5) Meditate
Meditation can increase
happiness, meaning in life, social support and attention span while reducing
anger, anxiety, depression and fatigue. Along similar lines, prayer can make
you feel better — even if you’re not religious.
6) Get enough sleep
You can’t cheat
yourself on sleep and not have it affect you. Being tired actually makes it
harder to be happy. Lack of sleep = more likely to get sick. “Sleeping on it”
does improve decision making. Lack of sleep can make you more likely to behave
unethically. There is such a thing as beauty sleep.
Naps are great too.
Naps increase alertness and performance on the job, enhance learning ability
and purge negative emotions while enhancing positive ones. Here’s how to
improve your naps.
7) Challenge yourself
Learning another
language can keep your mind sharp. Music lessons increase intelligence.
Challenging your beliefs strengthens your mind. Increasing willpower just takes
a little effort each day and it’s more responsible for your success than IQ.
Not getting an education or taking advantage of opportunities are two of the
things people look back on their lives and regret the most.
8) Laugh
People who use humor to
cope with stress have better immune systems, reduced risk of heart attack and
stroke, experience less pain during dental work and live longer. Laughter
should be like a daily vitamin. Just reminiscing about funny moments can
improve your relationship. Humor has many benefits.
9) Touch someone
Touching can reduce
stress, improve team performance, and help you be persuasive. Hugs make you
happier. Sex may help prevent heart attacks and cancer, improve your immune
system and extend your life.
10) Be optimistic
Optimism can make you
healthier, happier and extend your life. The Army teaches it in order to
increase mental toughness in soldiers. Being overconfident improves
performance.
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