Here are some simple suggestions I have discovered with many great people of the great times to make life more valuable, fulfilling and healthy, goal by goal. And I also happened to count to six. You can take the best out of them to your life if you wish.
1. Think good, think about your values.
Being positive pays of. I know there are ups and downs in life and it is normal. Enjoy the feelings when they come, but don't sink into them, be in the now honestly admitting the facts. It makes more space to accept life in a positive way.
My childhood was lacking a good self-esteem and that feel good factor.
But what is great about these things, is that when you hit the bottom, there´s one way to go if you wish, and that´s up! I grew so sick of my life I actually grew to think it better. I started to think what´s really important to me and what are the motives behind all this life around me.
Read some books, listen to your motives, remember the times you felt purely happy. Where you perhaps serving others? Then write your worries away. Write your values and goals clear and save them in your diary. Develop your wisdom.
Everything can be learned if you will.
By knowing not everything is the way it has always seemed and thinking outside of the box I realized how much I can do and expect from myself without feeling the world is on my shoulders. I begin to realize who I want to be rather than who I and the people around me through I was.
You can also change the way people see themselves. Just use your imagination and love to treat the people around you as responsible human beings. It opens up doors for them and for you.
Without being one of those many self development books, one of the best books about developing yourself I have read recently is The seven habits of highly effective people by Stephen R. Covey.
I started to write this article, but as I pumped into the book I had to finish it and write the suggestions part again to make it more sense and clear. That book seemed to come to my way just in the right time!
2. Exercise.
Mind needs work, but also body.
If you workout you can feel the difference in your energy levels. What ever you do in your life you begin to manage better, your spine and your self-esteem grows.
Stretching before and after workout relaxes and warms up the muscles for a stronger action.
Endurance training makes your heart pump blood faster and makes your lungs stronger. Building muscle strength is important if you work with a job your muscles strength is needed. Only when you go to extreme and push yourself to your limits your muscle strength will grow. You may see the results within two days. Remember to start slowly and do the movements slowly so you build your body stronger instead of harming it. And this same goes to your emotional strength. The more you put yourself through, the more capable you are dealing with difficult situations. And remember that you can't jump from A to Z. You have to work your way through the alphabets. Delevop your willpower. If you don't like to exercise, try to think of a physical hobby that suits to your body and mind, in the future as well. You´ll get used to it if you just begin do it without pushing it for later. And f it´s hard to get started a good personal trainer may help.
3. Fuel for the body.
Exercise directs fuel into right places of your body. Thus it is important to eat well.
Eat as seasonal and as organic as you get in the place you live. Processed food is many times lacking that important nutrition your body graves for. That can, in fact, make your immune system weaker by time.
I am dealing with low immune system mostly due to the amount of antibiotics and a lack of bodywork during my childhood. By eating lactic acid bacteria has helped me grown a bit stronger body along with D-vitamin, which we obviously don´t get that much in Finland.
Also certain spices, ginger, turmeric and cinnamon for example, are good to boost your immune system and help you deal with different diseases.
Green veggies, root vegetables, fruits or berries has a lot of vitamins and they make your mind fresh.
Good carbohydrates like oat, quinoa and brown rice keeps your energy levels stable and bowels working better along with good omega fats, which is best eaten in organic eggs, avocados, ghee (clarified butter), etc. Eating locally you make sure your choices are environmental and body friendly. And remember, that too much can be too much in every part of life, like with proteins.
Game meat is always better than processed to get good fats for example. If you move and use your muscles you need more protein more. Or you can well do with vegetarian diet by eating lentils, tofu, seeds, nuts, etc. It depends on your body type.
If you have any problems with health or are interested to learn more, I recommend talking with a good nutritionist. That´s where I started my journey to heal my body and to understand the world of Ayurveda.
I am dealing with low immune system mostly due to the amount of antibiotics and a lack of bodywork during my childhood. By eating lactic acid bacteria has helped me grown a bit stronger body along with D-vitamin, which we obviously don´t get that much in Finland.
Also certain spices, ginger, turmeric and cinnamon for example, are good to boost your immune system and help you deal with different diseases.
Green veggies, root vegetables, fruits or berries has a lot of vitamins and they make your mind fresh.
Good carbohydrates like oat, quinoa and brown rice keeps your energy levels stable and bowels working better along with good omega fats, which is best eaten in organic eggs, avocados, ghee (clarified butter), etc. Eating locally you make sure your choices are environmental and body friendly. And remember, that too much can be too much in every part of life, like with proteins.
Game meat is always better than processed to get good fats for example. If you move and use your muscles you need more protein more. Or you can well do with vegetarian diet by eating lentils, tofu, seeds, nuts, etc. It depends on your body type.
If you have any problems with health or are interested to learn more, I recommend talking with a good nutritionist. That´s where I started my journey to heal my body and to understand the world of Ayurveda.
4. Relaxation.
Relaxation is important to recover.
Arnold knows it, and I feel it as well. It is not great to work your butt off in the gym if you only slept couple of hours or are in a flu. You only get yourself more sick, because exercise lowers your immune system temporarily.
It is said that sleeping from 10pm to 2am is the best time to recover from the day and renew the body cells. During the winter time I am still learning to sleep faster, like Arnold puts it. Also the darkness factor we experience in Finland during the winter time help me to sleep long. Going to bed earlier and waking up to the sun would also help.
Sleeping is the normal way to let your body recover, but there are also other relaxation techniques, like deep breathing and meditation, massage, hot bath, etc. Though, these techniques don't replace the normal good night sleep, they might help you to relax and thus sleep better.
Make the place your rest peaceful for your mind ad separate from other action.
Arnold knows it, and I feel it as well. It is not great to work your butt off in the gym if you only slept couple of hours or are in a flu. You only get yourself more sick, because exercise lowers your immune system temporarily.
It is said that sleeping from 10pm to 2am is the best time to recover from the day and renew the body cells. During the winter time I am still learning to sleep faster, like Arnold puts it. Also the darkness factor we experience in Finland during the winter time help me to sleep long. Going to bed earlier and waking up to the sun would also help.
Sleeping is the normal way to let your body recover, but there are also other relaxation techniques, like deep breathing and meditation, massage, hot bath, etc. Though, these techniques don't replace the normal good night sleep, they might help you to relax and thus sleep better.
Make the place your rest peaceful for your mind ad separate from other action.
5. Connecting with life around.
When you connect socially and emotionally with people, animals nature or even with the music, you are able to reach far in your work or private life. You know you have your place and you belong here. You are here and so you exist to people. And you are able do the best you can to make life worth living. Just go through your head to know what you want to make your life about and how. If you have right motives, principles and you feel safe within, you begin to succeed, you begin to think with your heart.
6. Excitement, imagination and reason.
Isn´t it great to be excited about something? Don´t think about it, but rather feel and act upon it. Creation is what comes deep inside. When you do it, you are in the moment enjoying it.
Thinking too much never gets you anywhere. But the right amount of intuition, planning and knowing is needed, of course.
Thinking too much never gets you anywhere. But the right amount of intuition, planning and knowing is needed, of course.
The reason is more important when you start to make goals to put your imagination and excitement into action. Learning how to make those things important to you work in this life makes life easier and there is more time to create your deepest vision.
In the end it´s about finding what success, happiness and being healthy means to you.
Here´s some more inspiration from a great, young mind: Logan Laplante.
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