Habits that you should adopt right now

HABITS THAT YOU SHOULD ADOPT RIGHT NOW

Being happy is not about possessions, it is about the way you see life. We are not aware that our habits are the thing stops us on the way to happiness. When you are feeling that you lose your focus, it is time to look things from other perspective. So do you want to know some habits that can change your life? Here I will tell you 15 habits that you should adopt right now. I'm sure that will definitely change your life. I have also mentioned the benefits, disadvantages and some tips  to adopt them easily (whenever needed)

1. WAKING UP EARLY
The most important habit that will definitely change your life is waking up early in the morning. By waking up early in the morning you will get a lot of extra time that can invest in doing something that will make you productive for the whole day. You can also invest this time in habits that are mentioned later on this list. If you are not a morning person then this habit will need a lot of your will power. Every thing need about three months to become a habit. Trust me this habit will be life changing for you.
Tips to wake up early :

1. Set an alarm. The first key to waking up earlier is forcing yourself to take those first steps. ...
2. Move up gradually. ...
3. Ask a friend to keep you honest. ...
4. Make your bed. ...
5. Rely on caffeine. ...
6. Take a cold shower. ...
7. Eat a healthy breakfast. ...
8. Start with a workout.

2. Drinking warm water just after waking up
Having a glass of warm water in the morning helps in circulation in your body. Your veins and arteries expand and carry blood more effectively. Your blood flow affects everything in your body from your blood pressure to increasing or lowering your risk of getting cardiovascular diseases. Drinking warm water can provide your body with the water it needs to replenish fluids. It can also improve digestion, relieve congestion, and even make you feel more relaxed. Most people who drink hot water as a holistic health remedy do so first thing in the morning or right before bed for optimal health benefit.

3. Exercise
Regular physical activity can improve your muscle strength and boost your endurance. Exercise delivers oxygen and nutrients to your tissues and helps your cardiovascular system work more efficiently. And when your heart and lung health improve, you have more energy to tackle daily chores.
Here are the top 10 benefits of exercise :

• It Can Make You Feel Happier. ...
• It Can Help With Weight Loss. ...
• It Is Good for Your Muscles and Bones. ...
• It Can Increase Your Energy Levels. ...
• It Can Reduce Your Risk of Chronic Disease. ...
• It Can Help Skin Health. ...
• It Can Help Your Brain Health and Memory. ...
• It Can Help With Relaxation and Sleep Quality.

4. Planning your day
Planning your day is one of the most important things you can do everyday. As Brian Tracy says, “Every minute you spend planning saves 10 minutes in execution.” By taking just 5-10 minutes each morning (or the night before) to strategically plan out your day, you'll be able to get significantly more out of your day.

5. Book reading
Reading is important because it develops our thoughts, gives us endless knowledge and lessons to read while keeping our minds active. Reading books can help us learn, understand and makes us smarter. Not to mention the knowledge, vocabulary expansion and thinking skills we develop, so read a good book today!

 Expert Tips to Reading WAY More Books This Year

1. Don't make towering reading goals. ...
2. Keep your goals to yourself. ...
3. Read books that you actually enjoy. ...
4. Always have a book on-hand. ...
5. Borrow reading time from something less important. ...
6. Partake in reading challenges. ...
7. Create a distraction-free reading environment.

6. Study
  It may seems obvious but many of us don’t have a habit of studying we just study whenever we have mood or when we are super motivated but this is not good. We should have a habit of studying. It means studying regularly at the same time. This can easily be done by making a study schedule. By doing this you will always have a mood to study at the same time.
Tips to study regularly

1. Don't attempt to cram all your studying into one session. ...
2. Plan when you're going to study. ...
3. Study at the same time. ...
4. Each study time should have a specific goal. ...
5. Never procrastinate your planned study session. ...
6. Start with the most difficult subject first.

7. Meditation
Meditation can help you deal with stress and negative emotions. Multiple studies have shown that meditation can help reduce levels of depression and anxiety, along with helping people tolerate pain better.

12 Science-Based Benefits of Meditation

• Reduces Stress. Stress reduction is one of the most common reasons people try meditation. ...
• Controls Anxiety. Less stress translates to less anxiety. ...
• Promotes Emotional Health. ...
• Enhances Self-Awareness. ...
• Lengthens Attention Span. ...
• May Reduce Age-Related Memory Loss. ...
• Can Generate Kindness. ...
• May Help Fight Addictions.

8. Bathing regularly
This is a very common habit and I know that most of you have this habit but I also know that there are some of that doesn’t like bathing regularly. This is not always necessary to bath in the morning. The correct time of bathing is :
In summers – In the morning  with cold water. This will help to be alert for the whole day.
In winters- In the night  just before sleeping, with warm water. This will help you to get better sleep.

Here are the health benefits of taking a bath:

• Bathing can improve heart health. ...
• Taking a bath may help you to breathe easier. ...
• Your brain and nervous system can benefit from bathing. ...
• Bathing can benefit your muscles, joints and bones. ...
• Take care of your blood and immunity with a bath. ...
• Balance your hormones by bathing.

9. Phone free morning
According to Dr. Nikole Benders-Hadi, “The information overload that hits [you] before you're fully awake interferes with your ability to prioritize tasks.” In other words, throughout the day, we get distracted much quicker and mess up our productivity by checking our smartphone first thing in the morning.
The effects of checking your phone as soon as you wake up start before you even get to any content — namely, doing so kicks you into alertness. ... Indeed, the single largest source of blue light is sunlight, which suggests that we're kind of hardwired to spring into alertness during daylight hours.

8 Ways To Escape The Phone-Checking Morning Cycle

1. Get An Alarm Clock. If I set an alarm on my phone, right when it goes off I know I'll be tempted to continue scrolling. ...
2. Charge Your Phone Away From Your Bed. ...
3. Start Meditating. ...
4. Make A Killer Breakfast. ...
5. Read. ...
6. Write. ...
7. Listen To A Podcast. ...
8. Exercise.

10. Silence

Silence is good for overall physical health and well-being

From a physiological standpoint, silence helps: Lower blood pressure, which can help prevent heart attack. Boost the body's immune system. Benefit brain chemistry by growing new cells. This is the first thing that you should do specially in the morning. 
scientific benefits of silence :

• Lower blood pressure, which can help prevent heart attack.
• Boost the body’s immune system.
• Benefit brain chemistry by growing new cells. A 2013 study found that two hours of silence could create new cells in the hippocampus region, a brain area linked to learning, remembering, and emotions.
• Decrease stress by lowering blood cortisol levels and adrenaline. Furthermore, according to a 2006 study in Heart, two minutes of silence relieves tension in the body and brain and is more relaxing than listening to music. This was attributed to changes in blood pressure and blood circulation in the brain.
• Promote good hormone regulation and the interaction of bodily hormone-relate systems.
• Prevent plaque formation in arteries.

11. Eat more slowly
The benefits of slow eating include better digestion, better hydration, easier weight loss or maintenance, and greater satisfaction with our meals. Meanwhile, eating quickly leads to poor digestion, increased weight gain, and lower satisfaction. ... Yet you also feel more satisfied with each meal.

Here's some advice to help you start eating more slowly:

1. Avoid extreme hunger. It's hard to eat slowly when you're very hungry. ...
2. Chew more. ...
3. Set your utensils down. ...
4. Eat foods that need chewing. ...
5. Drink water. ...
6. Use a timer. ...
7. Turn off your screens. ...
8. Take deep breaths.

12. Drinking water only when you are sitting
When you drink your water from a bottle or a glass sitting down, the nutrients reach the brain and boost its activity. It also aids better digestion this way and ensures that you don't feel bloated after having water.
It is a good idea to always sit and drink water rather than standing. ... By sitting and drinking, your muscles and nervous system is much more relaxed and helps the nerves to digest food and other fluids easily. Your kidneys also pace the filtration process while sitting.

13. Laugh!
A good, hearty laugh relieves physical tension and stress, leaving your muscles relaxed for up to 45 minutes after. Laughter boosts the immune system. Laughter decreases stress hormones and increases immune cells and infection-fighting antibodies, thus improving your resistance to disease.

Laughing Too Much Could also Kill You. ... They found that intense laughter can trigger fainting, asthma attacks, "protrusion of abdominal hernias," headaches, incontinence, jaw dislocation, and arrhythmia. 

14. Be Anger free 
The long-term physical effects of uncontrolled anger include increased anxiety, high blood pressure and headache. Anger can be a positive and useful emotion, if it is expressed appropriately.

Some of the short and long-term health problems that have been linked to unmanaged anger include:

• headache.
• digestion problems, such as abdominal pain.
• insomnia.
• increased anxiety.
• depression.
• high blood pressure.
• skin problems, such as eczema.
• heart attack.

15. listen to music 

Studies have shown that music can buoy your mood and fend off depression. It can also improve blood flow in ways similar to statins, lower your levels of stress-related hormones like cortisol and ease pain. Listening to music before an operation can even improve post-surgery outcomes.

Here is a list of 10 benefits to listening to music:

• Music Increases Happiness. ...
• Music Improves Performance in Running. ...
• Music Decreases Stress While Increasing Overall Health. ...
• Music Improves Sleep. ...
• Music Reduces Depression. ...
• Music Helps You Eat Less. ...
• Music Elevates Your Mood While Driving. ...
• Music Strengthens Learning And Memory.

Conclusion 

Let's review all the habits :

1. Wake up early 
2. Drinking warm water just after waking up 
3. Exercise 
4. Planning your day 
5. Book reading 
6. Study 
7. Meditation 
8. Bathing 
9. Phone free morning 
10. Silence
11. eat more slowly 
12. drinking water only when you are sitting 
13. Laugh
14. be anger free
15. listen to music 

I hope that these habits will be effective for you as much as for me. Try them and share your experience in the comments down below and also don't forget to follow and share this blog to get notified whenever I upload a helpful blog post like this one.