Recycle Your Pandemic Habits

Here's how you can build on your accountability habit:

• find an accountability buddy to help you achieve your health goals;
• create accountability by using an app that sends you daily reminders, like Headspace or Calm for meditation, Noom for tracking what you eat or Fitbit to track your exercise habits.

When gyms closed and fitness classes were canceled, many people had to figure out how to exercise at home.

Several studies show that short bursts of exercise result in meaningful changes to your fitness and metabolic health. Start with 20-second exercise breaks three times a day. If you want to do more, take a few one-minute breaks.

Form a new health-conscious bubble:

• create a walking pod, and meet a few times a week for group walks.
• talk to your podmates about their healthy eating goals.
• share recipes and tips, and when social restrictions end, you can plan healthy-eating potlucks.

Here's how to better cope with uncertainty:

• create a collection of legal documents that will make sure everyone is prepared for an emergency.
• designate someone to make medical decisions for you if you’re unable to make them and offer specific guidance about your wishes if you become critically ill.