5 self-care habits that can change your life

Read every day

Research suggests that, reading books benefits both your physical and mental health, and those benefits can last a lifetime.

To develop a reading habit:

• Set a goal
• Create a reading list
• Schedule a time for reading
• Eliminate distractions
• Keep a reading journal

Start your life handbook

Your handbook is intended to be your guide to living. It should include anything and everything that is important to living our best lives.

To fill in your handbook:

• Your life purpose/vision/mission
• Your values
• Your strengths
• Your improvement areas
• Your long term and short term life goals

Get out of you comfort zone

Hard work and sweat are required for true growth. Being too comfortable does not help you grow; rather it causes you to stagnate.

• Face your fears
• Get out there
• Learn new skills
• Travel to new places
• Make changes to your daily routine

Physical exercise

We stay fit by moving. The body is an excellent source of information, and it constantly communicates what it requires.

Taking care of the body in which we live is a beautiful way of taking care of yourselves and sustaining your development.

Affirmations

Affirmations are a powerful tool for expressing our intentions and reminding ourselves of what we value. When you repeat them frequently and believe in them, you can begin to see positive results.

Positive words of affirmation:

• I am in command of my life
• Today will be a fantastic day
• I focus on what I want
• I create my own happiness