To improve our lives, we must improve ourselves
The morning is the best time for self improvement (have energy, quiet, easier to make time)
Spending an hour doing a little of few good practices goes a lot way to self improvement
1. Silent meditation
Meditation is the habitual process of training your mind to focus and redirect your thoughts.
The popularity of meditation is increasing as more people discover its many health benefits.
You
can use it to increase awareness of yourself and your surroundings.
Many people think of it as a way to reduce stress and develop
concentration.
People also use the practice to develop other
beneficial habits and feelings, such as a positive mood and outlook,
self-discipline, healthy sleep patterns, and even increased pain
tolerance.
2. Affirmations
Affirmations are
positive statements that can help you to challenge and overcome
self-sabotaging and negative thoughts. When you repeat them often, and
believe in them, you can start to make positive changes. ... Self-affirmation may also help to mitigate the effects of stress.
3. Visualization of the day ahead
It involves envisioning yourself achieving your goal. To do this, create a detailed mental image of the desired outcome using all of your senses. For example, if your goal is to run your first marathon, visualize yourself crossing the finish line in the time you desire.
4. Exercise
Help for depression and anxiety. Exercise is a scientifically proven mood booster, decreasing symptoms of both depression and anxiety.
Exercise helps people lose weight and lower the risk of some diseases. Exercising regularly lowers a person's risk of developing some diseases, including obesity, type 2 diabetes, and high blood pressure. Exercise also can help keep your body at a healthy weight. Exercise can help a person age well.
5. Reading, particularly to learn something
It helps us break out of our normal patterns of behaviour It gives our brains something to think about other than our daily worries. Gain confidence. When we succeed in learning something we feel better, more confident in ourselves and our ability to tackle all sorts of new tasks. Knowledge is power.
6. Scribing (aka Writing, journaling)
Writing helps you reflect on your life and changes you're making. ... Thoughts and feelings are nebulous happenings in our mind holes, but writing forces us to crystalize those thoughts and put them in a logical order.
These things have been taken from this book :
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