Personal health plays a key role in the quality of your life. Of course, there is plenty of advice out there about how to improve your personal health, like “eat this, not that” “exercise like this,” “use this.” A lot of the advice is about how to improve your personal health and overall quality of life is useable. It is good information, but there are some key factors that are missed when it comes to this advice. Here are five simple ways you can improve your quality of life and your personal health.
1. Be Mindful and Intentional
If you spend a few minutes a day planning your day and moving with the intention it will improve your quality of life, reduce stress, and ultimately improve your personal health. If you are like most people, a lot happens in your day that makes you feel a little out of control because you did not adequately plan to take control. While it is true, you can’t plan a flat tire on the way to work, but you can plan to have the tools to fix it.
Being mindful of your day and the time you dedicate to various tasks will help you to see that you have more time than you think for the fun stuff. If you need help learning to be mindful and intentional, there are life coaches that specialize in mindfulness and intentional living. The market for life coaching is growing in the U.S. at about 2.5% annually. If you need help to live with intention, consider a life coach.
2. Focus On What’s Important to You
All the advice in the world can’t help to improve the quality of your life unless you know what area you want to improve. For example, for some people, the work-life balance is the most important part of their life. For other people, a more vibrant social life is important.
You can live your life by design, but you have first to decide what that looks like. Many people spend a lot of time online, yet 70% of adults want to keep part of their digital life private. If keeping your digital life private is an area you want to improve, the solution is simple, take steps to make your media accounts more private.
We can be our own worst enemies regarding the quality of life we experience by not taking steps to improve areas we want to improve. Identify the area you want to improve, then take simple steps to improve it. Simple changes over time add up to big improvements in your quality of life and personal health.
3. De-stress Your Life
You can’t control everything, but there are things you can control that will pay off by causing less stress. For example, perhaps you’re sticking to a 4G or 3G network knowing that 5G makes everything faster and prevents lag time significantly. Why not switch networks and make your life easier? Simple solutions to make life easier apply across the board.
If your garage door is broken, get it fixed. If you have clothes in your closet that don’t fit, donate them or throw them out. Don’t hang on to things that are not working in your life. It causes you underlying stress that makes other things in life harder to deal with. If something doesn’t work or bring value to your life, make a deal with yourself to fix it or remove it from your life.
The same is true of relationships. If a relationship is causing you more stress than joy, remove yourself. You don’t have to have a big blowout to get people out of your life. You just need to divorce from the situation emotionally. Controlling the stressors in your life will improve the quality of your life and goes a long way in improving personal health.
Anyone can follow these simple tips. Give them a try and see if they improve your quality of life and personal health. Start today and enjoy a better life!