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10 Simple Steps to Make the Most of Every Day
Rest Effectively
Our bodies need to be refreshed on a daily basis and a weekly basis. Don’t neglect to schedule rest. And don’t feel guilty about it when you do.
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Reset
Begin your days with a clear slate and a fresh start. Take 10 minutes each evening to clear the clutter and refresh your home for the next day.
Nurture Your Soul
Find time each day to feed your soul by embracing gratitude, laughter, hope, and faith.
Eat Right
The food we put into our bodies becomes the fuel on which it runs. We are wise to make sure you eat right at every meal.
Include some protein in your breakfast, so your mind will be sharper and clearer.
Exercise
Studies indicate that those who exercise regularly report to be happier, calmer, and better equipped to handle whatever the day decides to throw at them. The study indicated that these benefits were experienced on a day-to-day basis, meaning you can experience them today by exercising just 20 minutes.
Accomplish One Big Task
To make the most of this day, choose one big thing on your list and do it first. If you finish, move on to the next.
Do One Thing That You Love
You have hobbies that you love and activities that breathe life into who you are. Do one thing that you love every day.
Rest Effectively
Our bodies need to be refreshed on a daily basis and a weekly basis. Don’t neglect to schedule rest. And don’t feel guilty about it when you do.
Be Present With Others
- Put away distractions.
- Engage in conversation.
- Ask questions.
- Give time for answers.
- Look people in the eye during conversations. Their eyes reveal far more than their words.
Give To Someone Else
The periods of greatest joy and fulfillment are found in the moments and motivations when we are choosing to give to others. Invest your life in someone else everyday.
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Deep work vs. Shallow work
- Deep work: Professional activities performed in a state of distraction-free concentration that push your cognitive capabilities to their limit. Creates value.
- Shallow work: Noncognitively demanding, logistical-style tasks, often performed while distracted. Doesn't create value.
4 philosophies to integrate Deep Work into your life
- Monastic: maximize Deep Work by minimizing or removing shallow obligations. Isolate yourself for long periods of time without distractions; no shallow work allowed
- Bimodal: divide your time into some clearly defined stretches to deep pursuits and leave the rest open to everything else. Reserve a few consecutive days when you will be working like a monastic. You need at least one day a week
- Rhythmic: involves creating a routine where you define a specific time period — ideally three to four hours every day — that you can devote to Deep Work
- Journalistic: alternate your day between deep and shallow work as it fits your blocks of time. Not recommended to try out first.
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The reward system
The reward system in our brain exists to ensure we seek out what we need. If eating nutritious food or being smiled at pleases us, we try to secure more of these stimuli. However, seeking pleasure ...
Desire and pleasure
In 1986, a discovery was made that dopamine did not produce pleasure, but in fact, desire. While dopamine makes us want, pleasure comes from opioids and endocannabinoids ( a kind of marijuana produced in the brain), which paints pleasure on good experiences.
Potential clinical application
We cannot explain away our minds by brain mechanisms. Brain mechanisms are part of our minds.
Understanding that desire and dread, for instance, share the same brain operations, could help ease schizophrenia symptoms by restricting a particular dopamine neuron that produces fear.
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Organizing our Lives
We all are juggling life's important areas: work, office, home, health and fitness, our finances and relationships.
It is not easy to juggle so many things all at once, and some areas may get...
Developing Habits
We all have habits ingrained in our lives. Most of our good habits (if any) take us to eventual long-term success, and our bad habits take our time, health, happiness and money. Make a list of what all you do as a habit daily and see which ones are good and which ones are not.
Habits like spending hours on social media, binge shopping, and lying on the couch are a few examples of bad habits.
Planning Ahead
Life is unpredictable, but planning is still important. Use your phone's calendar and to-do list, or install an app to create daily and weekly plans:
- Plan even for small errands.
- Keep in mind that things take longer than you expect.
- Block chunks of time, or an entire day for a task.
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