Incredible facts
“We are what we constantly do. Excellence is not one action, it is a habit.” (Aristotle)
Scientists say that if you have willpower, it takes about 30 days for a person to form a new habit. Creating something new and going beyond your comfort zone is already 80 percent of success.
It is very important to make small but necessary changes every day for at least a month.
“How can you eat an elephant? A little bit every day.”
The same philosophy applies to making changes in your life. Trying to bite off more than you can chew will inevitably lead to problems with your digestive tract.
However, small, targeted bites can help you create simple, productive habits and are an amazing way to make positive changes and get excited about your life.
When you start small, you don't need a lot of motivation to do it. The simple act of “starting” will give you momentum, and very soon the spiral of change will begin to spin.
Below are 30 problems
which must be completed within 30 days. If you approach the issue responsibly, you will see that each of them has potential that will help you introduce a new habit into your life.
Yes, there is overlap between some tips. And no, you shouldn't try to do everything at once. Take 2-5 and commit to them sincerely over the next 30 days. Once you've developed these new healthy habits, move on to a few more.
1. Use words that are associated with happiness in your speech.
Typically, when you ask someone “how are you?”, the answer you hear is “fine,” “I’m fine,” etc. Try the next time you are asked such a question and answer: “fabulous!”
This will certainly make the person smile and ask you what is causing these feelings. You say that you are healthy, your family is healthy, you live in a free country. There is no reason not to be happy.
The difference is simply in the choice of words. People who answer this way are not better than others, they are just much happier. Test it out for yourself over the next 30 days by practicing something similar.
2. Try something new every day
Variety is the spice of life. You can see or do something a million times, but the first time is always the same. As a result, the “first time” experience often leaves vivid emotions in our minds that illuminate our lives.
Make an effort and try something new every day for the next 30 days. This could be a completely new activity or just a minor experience, such as talking to a stranger.
Once you get off the ground, many of these new experiences will open doors to new life opportunities.
Self-improvement methods
3. Do one selfless act every day.
What usually happens in life is that you get out what you put in. When you have a positive impact on someone's life, positive changes will also occur in your own life.
Do something that helps other people feel happier and helps them suffer less. It will be a very rewarding experience. You will probably remember something you have done forever. Obviously, in this case, the scope of your activities is limitless.
4. Learn and practice a new skill daily
Self-confidence is a vital key to a healthy and productive life. To be self-confident, you need to master a basic set of skills and be able to handle them very well, or better yet, be a jack of all trades.
Contrary to what you may have learned in school, a jack of all trades will be much more prepared for life than someone with a highly specialized occupation. Plus, learning new skills is always fun.
Work on yourself
5. Teach someone something new
Each of us has natural talents that can greatly help others. What comes easy to you may be very difficult for others. We tend to take our talents for granted, often barely noticing that they can be shared with others who don't have those specialties.
Inner happiness and zeal comes from applying these “gifts” on a regular basis. What do people usually thank you for? What are they asking you to help them with? Most people's talents and passions can help someone else in one way or another.
TECHNOLOGY - I WILL BE LUCKY TODAY
Every time you get somewhere in the morning, say out loud or to yourself: “The bus (metro, car, etc.) is lucky, lucky, lucky, and I’ll be lucky today!”
After this, imagine, at least for a short time, as if your life suddenly became better (such a pleasant surprise from the Universe). You are happy, peaceful, nothing bothers you at all, everything is working out in the best way for you.
Repeat the phrase again, changing it slightly: “Lucky, lucky, lucky, I’m always lucky in everything!”
Do this exercise for 21 days. The first results may appear in the first days.
The main task is not to take a single day break. This is very important to obtain the desired effect.
After 2 days you will receive additional equipment to enhance the effect of the classes.
Personal development
8. At any time in your life, try to concentrate on the positive aspects.
True winners in life cultivate optimism. They know how to create and manage their own happiness. No matter the situation, a successful person will always find a reason to be optimistic because he knows that failure is an opportunity to grow and learn new lessons from life.
People who think optimistically view the world as a place filled with an infinite number of opportunities, especially during difficult times. Try to spend the next 30 days looking on the bright side of things.
9. Know how to admit defeat and learn from difficult situations
It is important to remember that everything we go through are life lessons. It's part of the experience. Never forget to learn your lesson, especially when things don't go your way.
If you didn't get the job you wanted or the relationship isn't going the way you expected, it means only the best is ahead. It is important to learn the lesson because it is the first step to something new and better.
In the next 30 days, try to remember and analyze all the life lessons that you have learned from life.
What kind of diaries are these?
The creator of the diaries, Varvara Vedeneeva, is the founder of the publishing house Periodica.press and the ideologist of the 365done.ru project. This is a site where various checklists created by Varvara herself are collected. That’s why her name seemed familiar to me: I’ve known about 365done for a long time and downloaded checklists from there myself. I really liked them, so, to be honest, I developed a liking for the diaries in advance.
There are six diaries in the line with different practices of self-analysis. The books will make fans of beautiful stationery (including me) weep with delight: hard fabric binding, gold embossing, thick ivory paper, three bookmarks.
This is not a diary that you can safely throw away after use. I want to keep this one on a bookshelf, and in the most visible place.
To make life better
10. Look back at your life and enjoy it here and now
Life happens to us every second. Ask yourself: How much of your life are you actually living rather than existing? Most likely, you, like most people, will answer this question: “not enough.”
The key is to focus a little less on “doing” and a little more on “being.” Remember, the only thing you have is the present moment. Life is now. Spend the next 30 days truly living and you won't be able to go back to your old routine.
11. Get rid of one thing every day for 30 days
There is so much clutter in our lives (in the office, in the car, in the house), and we are so used to it that we no longer notice how it affects us.
If you free the surrounding space from clutter, then the internal clutter will also disappear. Every day, find something unnecessary in your environment and throw it away. It's very simple. This may be difficult at first, and some resistance will inevitably follow.
However, over time, you will learn to get rid of unnecessary things and your mind will thank you for the effort.
12. Create something new
Creation is a process that inspires like nothing else. When you invent something new with your own hands, you are filled with an indescribable sense of integrity. Nothing can replace this.
The only point in this case is that you must be sincerely interested in it. If you create financial plans for clients during the day, and at the same time you hate them, then this type of activity does not count.
Write down 10 ideas every day
Rules
Write down at least 10 ideas on a variety of topics every day. At the end of the month, you will have generated over 300 ideas! Try not to stop at ten if you can come up with more. Aim to write 20 or 50 ideas. Think until your head is bursting with ideas like a ripe watermelon.
Here's where to start
- Names for a new blog.
- Types of businesses you can open.
- Names for a rock band.
- Places you want to visit.
- What did you learn last year?
- Documentaries you want to make.
- What you can do in your city without spending money.
- How to make money in other places without quitting your main job.
- How to improve your mood right now.
- Alternative titles for the Star Wars movie.
- Ways to improve sleep quality.
- Plots for the film that will secure him an Oscar.
- People you want as your mentors.
- Historical figures you'd like to have lunch with.
- How to improve business at your favorite restaurant.
- How to disappear for a month without being found.
Personal self-improvement
15. Get rid of three bad habits in 30 days
Are you eating too much fast food? Do you spend too much time playing video games? Or maybe you like to argue about anything? Every person knows his own bad habits. Pick 3 of them and stop doing them for a month. If you hold out, you won't want to go back to them anymore.
16. Watch TV less than 30 minutes a day
Entertain yourself with real emotions. Great memories are the product of interesting life experiences. Therefore, turn off the TV, computer, and go for impressions in real life.
Interact with the world, appreciate nature, pay attention to the simple pleasures life offers, just watch it unfold.
How a girl can become better psychologically in 30 days. Skin, hair and nail care
External changes should affect hair, skin and nails. Hair should look well-groomed, without split ends (you need to keep an eye on this). The roots of the hair should be tinted in time, and the remaining length should be refreshed if necessary.
Masks based on gelatin for dry hair, with the addition of cognac for oily curls, will help improve the condition of your hair. If your hair length allows, you can master braiding, this will add a novelty to your look, and it’s also fashionable. For medium length hair, bronzing is suitable.
Please note: nails should be regularly taken care of. Men don't like peeling manicures, hangnails, or dirt under their nails.
The stronger sex likes French, red or, better yet, clear varnish. If a girl takes care of her nails every day for 30 days, it will become a habit.
A modern girl doesn’t always manage to get a manicure every day, so it’s worth resorting to salon care. A procedure such as nail lamination has proven itself well. It restores the nail plate, hides all flaws and imperfections.
The nails are covered with a substance that fills all the depressions and deformations. After the procedure, the plates become healthier, aesthetics and nutrition return to them. This procedure will improve the appearance of your nails, and the preparatory stage in the form of a hand massage will give you a feeling of relaxation and complete harmony.
Facial skin should have an even tone, a fresh, well-groomed appearance with highlighting makeup. To do this, you need to nourish, moisturize, cleanse and refresh your face every day. This will prolong your youth.
Facial products are selected according to skin type. At home, there should be ice cubes with chamomile in the refrigerator, which should be used to wipe your face daily. After a week of such procedures, the skin calms down, the color evens out, freshness appears, and fatigue disappears.
A light tan will help you become more attractive - self-tanning or visiting a solarium are suitable for this.
How to become better
17. Identify one long-term goal and work on it for an hour every day.
Break your goal down into small pieces and focus on working on each piece every day. It's important to keep the pieces small but consistent. The most difficult thing in this matter is to take the first step.
Over the next 30 days, regularly devote time to your dream. Start with a small dream and turn it into reality.
18. Read one chapter of a good book every day.
With an endless stream of information on the Internet, often full of simple and shallow text fragments, people are spending more and more time reading online. However, the web will never replace the wisdom found in some of the classics that have carried profound messages into the world for generations.
Books open doors to your mind and your life. Find a list of good books and start reading today.
19. Watch or read something that inspires you every morning.
Sometimes all we need is to hear a rousing speech. For the next 30 days, before you eat breakfast or before leaving the house, watch a motivational video or read a story or blog that inspires you.
Read 20 pages a day
Rules
Commit to reading at least 20 pages every day. In 30 days you will have read 600 pages or two or three books.
Adviсe
- Leave a book at the head of your bed and read before bed, when it’s quiet and free of distractions.
- Start with the most exciting book, the one that you will plunge into with delight.
- Keep two or three books on hand in case your first choice turns out to be a bad one. Don't feel obligated to read to the end of something that is not relevant to your life. Just pick up another book.
Train your brain
Rules
Do a challenging but fun brain workout for 15–20 minutes every day. Keep pushing yourself, challenging yourself to take on more difficult tasks.
Adviсe
- Dual N-Back. This free training game was designed to enhance your fluid intelligence and working memory. It teaches the brain to focus and retain several pieces of information at the same time; Gradually the difficulty of the game increases and brings more frustration.
- Crosswords, sudoku. Track your progress, try to solve puzzles faster, move on to more difficult levels. Don't give up for at least 20 minutes.
- Brainscale.net. In addition to the Dual N-Back game, this site offers a range of memory games and math games.
- Use brain training apps.
The Challenge Book by Roseanne Kasper is a collection of 60 30-day challenge ideas. All of these challenges are designed to build healthy habits in many aspects of life - including fitness, nutrition, self-care, mindfulness, productivity, relationships, creativity and learning.
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Improving yourself
20. Do something every day that makes you laugh.
Watch a funny video, read your favorite comic, or find a good joke on the Internet. A good, sincere laugh stimulates the brain and energizes a person. The best time for this is the middle of the day.
21. For 30 days, forget about alcohol and other stimulants.
If you drink alcohol and other stimulants with enviable regularity, then try to get rid of them for at least 30 days. You will feel better. There are many other natural ways to get energy. Eg:
- turn on the light, darkness provokes laziness.
— go out into the fresh air more often, it sharpens all your senses.
- Call a close friend: Talking to someone you care about is just the thing to boost your mood.
- reduce the amount of carbohydrates you consume, fruits such as raspberries, apples, oranges and grapefruits will fill you up with energy very quickly, eat less bread, dairy products and meat.
- Chew mint gum or drink mint tea to help you feel fresher.
- drink a glass of very cold water, this will “wake up” you.
- Be organized, you will save a lot of energy if everything is in its place.
- practice altruism.
- Exercise and stretch regularly in the morning.
- Drink more water, dehydration can reduce blood volume, which inevitably leads to fatigue.
- wear bright clothes. This trick has to do with the mood you project for those around you and the back and forth mood they project onto you.
22. Exercise at least half an hour every day for a month
Your health is the quality of your life. Don't let him get away. Eat right, exercise, and get an annual physical.
23. Purposefully put yourself in uncomfortable situations and face your fears daily.
Taking small, continuous steps into uncomfortable territory will help us get around the biggest barrier to positive change: fear.
Sometimes we are afraid that we won't succeed. Sometimes we subconsciously fear luck because we are afraid to deal with the mandatory professional growth that success requires.
