AIBU to ask you if a daily habit has transformed your life?

Wake early enough to quietly meditate in my room for 20 mins, while my cleansing herb tea brews. Drink it while writing in my journal, planning the day, recording my sleep and how I feel.
Do a morning stretch.
Take Vit D, multi vit/mineral and Vit C

Drink 2 l water minimum during the day
No caffeine after noon.

Meditate mid afternoon.

Walk 10 000 steps minimum

Last thing before bed,
Leave smart tech downstairs and use analogue clocks, radios, stereos if I want to listen to music, podcasts, audiobooks etc or have alarms to wake me.
Write three gratitudes from my day, and also my achievements for the day, which link to the things I planned in the morning.
Do an evening stretch then meditate again.
Open window, go to bed.

I have serious chronic medical conditions, I'm alive and kicking many years past my "dead by" date, as a result

@Isaidnomorecrisps

Yes it is really good and improves breathing and immune system. You can download the app for free. Once you have done it a few times you get used to doing it without the app. Give it a try and I hope it helps

1. Daily exercise (this one is newish!)
2. AM and PM skincare routines
3. SPF everyday (even when not going outside)
4. Drinking lots of water
5. Reading a bit of a book I enjoy every day. It doesn’t have to be a new book or one I haven’t previously read, just one I enjoy. I find the process incredibly relaxing.

Writing my worries down during the day and then going back to them in the evening really helps me.

Reading the Bible.

I've got the App The Bible in One Year and I'm using it.

Love this thread and have a long list of things I want to do. To me introducing 3 new habits in one week seems quite ambitious so I have chosen carefully and it may be more than a week before I introduce anymore!

1. Walk up the stairs to my 6th floor office (not easy, I tried it once before) but I have to get there somehow and already feel guilty every time I get in the lift so it seems an easy change

1. Guided journaling, I have a few aims relating to my attitude, this sounds like fun and might inadvertently help me with the others

1. Take iron tablets, I've always been borderline anaemic, have stopped eating meat and feel tired all the time. I have iron tablets so this is simply remembering to actually take them, should be an easy win!

I’ve just ordered one on Amazon after reading this thread 😊 there’s quite a few to choose from.

I have never heard of a guided journal. Where do I get one? This is a great thread!

I love this thread!
I am going to start yoga with Adrienne after so many recommendations both on here and irl.

I have started doing 5 deep breaths in bed before I go to sleep. Its worked wonders for my anxiety and really helps me exhale the stresses of the day. I now take minutes to fall asleep rather than hours.
Also use the Presently gratitude app daily on my phone. This really helps me think about the little things in the day like the traffic lights all being green or the birds singing in the trees.
Still need to drink more water though!

Make my bed...I'm naturally messy....if I don't make my bed, the whole day is a disaster.

Some of these are great! Getting up before everyone else for enough time for a coffee, wiping round the sink / toilet while I use the bathroom in the morning seems to make it more manageable. And a good face care routine before bed! Since lockdown I have a terrible new habit of having an alcoholic drink every evening to "unwind" I desperately want to kick this habit. And I definitely need to drink more water.

Gratitude practice is a game changer

I've just thought of something that I do, especially during lockdown and its as simple as get dressed. I know most days people tend to leave the house whether that be for work, school runs etc. However, even if I'm not leaving the house I still get washed, clean teeth and get dressed. I've never been one to sit in PJs all day. I just can't do it unless I'm ill and even then I still feel the need to put on something.

During lockdown even while working at the dining room table I still made sure I was dressed. I wasn't in office clothes, but I was popping to the shop suitable.

So today I have had my evening walk (as it was a rest day as far as running is concerned), I've got myself a guided journal (which is a pretty notebook and some guided points on pinterest) and I have done some stretches this morning.

I have been drinking 2Ls of water for over a week and started the 16:8 (eating between 11-7) last week due to feeling fed up about my weight.

Tomorrow it is some hill work while running, upper body stretches and continue the journal

@KatherineParr4 yoga with Adrianne. She’s fab, not annoying in the slightest and her free yoga for complete beginners on YouTube is really enjoyable. I did that everyday for 7 days (20min) and for the bug x

Manolin I think your routine and work/life balance sound fabulous. And all with chickens for company too.

@aglet Your judgment is wasted on me.

Drinking 2l water per day, lowering carbs intake and walking 10k+ steps per day...
Started this at beginning of lockdown. So far I have lost 22lbs and no longer have to take blood pressure tablets so yes, it has changed my life...

@gorygloria You got it (his work though).

A ten hour day is nothing if you enjoy what you do. I do not commute and that is a great help. Many of my ex-colleagues work 37 hour weeks, with 10-20 hours commuting, working on emails in the evening, at weekends etc.

Anyway, 50 hours a week leaves 118 spare hours. Think of it that way. Some days may be longer, some days I choose not to work. I am not overworked, stressed or undervalued. My habits have transformed my life and I am very happy with that.

• @mandolin you talk about life being finite and experiencing it but you are spending 10 hours a day working......*

Maybe Mandolin is passionate about her work.

Oh dear Manolin. Nothing could induce me to put any clothes on my body before showering.

Loving this thread. Will read again for ideas.

@AperolWhore

Sorry, who has been recommended to you? Cant find the relevant post!

@CarlyWarly1980 I’ve just started her beginners foundation course after multiple people recommending her to me and I’m really enjoying it xx