Greetings Balanced Life Readers,
Everyone should desire to live well. You don’t want to merely exist you want to live life and feel good. I have five tips to share with you to improve your quality of life and there are more to come.
1st Tip: What you put in your body is important. Eat more veggies. I don’t expect you to give up meat and refine carbs completely, but a plant-based diet has been linked to lowering blood pressure and cholesterol, and fighting diabetes. So, let’s add more veggies to our diet.
2nd Tip: Stand up! Prolonged sitting is not good for your health. If you remember to stand up and take a few minutes to move around, you can prevent some long-term consequences of prolonged sitting. A study in the Annals of Internal Medicine proved this fact. If you can’t remember to stand, set an alarm to remind you to stand every 30 or 45 minutes.
3rd Tip: Don’t forget to breathe! Simple breathing exercises can make a big difference if you make them part of your daily routine. Try this when you feel angry, anxious, irritated, or nervous. Experts say it reduces stress, calms you down, lowers blood pressure, improves the immune system, and increases energy. Need I say more?
4th Tip: Reduce your pre-bedtime exposure to the blue light from TV, computers, smartphones, and tablets. An article in AARP reported that doing this for a week can improve sleep quality, reduce feelings of fatigue, improve concentration, and help prevent mood swings. WOW!
5th Tip: Music is powerful! Did you know that music is good for your brain? Harvard Medical School reports that music promotes well-being, enhances learning, stimulates brain function, improves quality of life, and even promotes happiness. Listening to music can make working at home, in the office, working out at the gym, or simply relaxing much more enjoyable. So, remember to add some music to your day. Just be sure that it’s wholesome music, not trash.
If you want to improve your quality of life, remember these 5 tips. They may be just what you need.
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