5 habits that make the new year a memorable one

We believe that the habit - it is something commonplace like teeth cleaning and charging in the morning. But if you dig deeper, it turns out that they manage, and such important matters as productive work and healthy sleep.

1. Positive attitude towards life

Our attitude to life - a habit that can be controlled. We can consciously become more optimistic, then, to better cope with the negative developments, to build a harmonious relationship and stay in a good mood.

To learn how to have a positive attitude to his need for one to three months. This process can be compared to laser vision correction: after surgery a person in two months forgets that once could not see, and the ability to clearly distinguish objects no longer seemed to him supernatural.

How to make a habit

• Look for the positives in any bad situation. For example, if you threw a girl, think about how increased your chances to enter into relations with someone better.
• Be positive, but within reason. A positive aspect should not overlap negative. You just need to find it.
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• Finding problems in the positive side, be aware of their advantages and draw the strength to move on.

At first, this process may seem cumbersome, but after 2-4 weeks you will begin to apply this habit on the machine. And after two or three months you will teach the brain to respond positively to all external events.

2. Healthy sleep

Many believe that healthy sleep - it is a luxury and at the same time Superpower. Sleep as much as you want, and wake up without an alarm clock, it seems, is possible only on vacation. But imagine how it feels invulnerable, be productive and alert throughout the day, while others are barely crawling and saves only one coffee.

This habit will give you lots of energy, enhanced care, mental alertness and the ability to easily cope with stress.

How to make a habit

• Create a suitable atmosphere for sleep. It is total darkness and silence. If you can completely obscure your bedroom, you're in luck. Hang deaf dark curtains cover anything bulbs to appliances and do not operate the lamp.
• If you can not create an atmosphere, buy a mask for sleep. Teach yourself to go to sleep in it every night, even if in a dream you will take it off.
• Unplug the gadgets in one or two hours before bedtime. The light from the included screen causes our brain to think that the court is still day. Before going to sleep better to read paper books, or electronic, but with a minimum illumination.
• Adjust bedtime. If you need to wake up at a certain time, turn on the alarm clock, but go to sleep nine hours before it will work. If you sleep nine hours and wake up with an alarm clock, then go earlier. This may mean that you have been suffering from lack of sleep. If you sleep for ten hours over two weeks, then your biological rhythms will come back to normal, you will miss eight hours.

Getting used to the earlier bedtime will take a few weeks, but soon you will begin to feel better and do not want to go back to the old regime of the day.

3. Expanding the comfort zone

Constantly comfort zone, So we get used to it, it misses the opportunity to test themselves in new situations. Therefore, we need to push ourselves to the actions that do not fit into the usual framework.

By learning to get out of your comfort zone, you will gain self-confidence, broaden their interests, and discover the unexpected ability.

How to make a habit

• Complete the sentence: "I would like to do ____, but I'm afraid / nervous too." Be as honest with yourself. Many are able to convince yourself that it is not afraid, but just too busy or not interested. This ridiculous excuse.
• When you realize what you want, tell yourself: "Everything, now I'll do it." And then take a first step.
• Every time when you feel you are afraid to do something, do it. Gradually this behavior enters into the habit, you will be interested to overcome himself.
• Remember that critical process, not results. Suppose you see an attractive girl and want to talk to her. You get scared, there is a natural desire to escape. But you have developed a new habit, so you have to approach a girl. If you say hello, and she will have to leave her alone and turn away, you can still consider himself a winner. The main thing is that you were able to get out of your comfort zone.

4. Daily cleaning imperfect

If cleaning makes you panic, melancholy or sadness, you have to change your attitude towards it. Maintaining ideal order is not worth the effort that you have spent on it. But if you reduce the standards of acceptable purity level, the cleaning will not be so difficult task. Get out about 9 points out of 10, then the result will be achievable.

How to make a habit

• Twice daily to restore order at home on 9 out of 10. Tie the habit of some usual activities, such as clean up after breakfast or dinner. Make sure that at this moment you will not be tired or depressed.
• Determine the specific scope of work. For example, remove things that you do not need a period of twelve hours, wash the dishes, clean tables and other surfaces from dust. It is necessary to determine exactly when the cleaning is finished, otherwise you can slip into perfectionism, and turn it into a time-consuming activity that is extremely cumbersome to perform twice a day.
• When used to the regular restore order by adding one additional task, e.g. vacuumed carpets, brush sink or wash plate. If you perform additional tasks, your house will look great almost always, because during the week you will have time to clean everything.

5. Getting rid of procrastination

The working day, many are beginning to check social networks, watching interesting videos and conversations with colleagues. Already dinner, and things have not budged. As a result, we have to sit up late, take work on the weekends and just live in a state of time pressure.

If you stop being distracted by minor matters, it will increase the working time and will longer keep pace. As a result, you will have time for hobbies and socializing with friends.

How to make a habit

• Think of the highest priority for the day. Maybe it's not the greatest thing, but the most important thing.
• When select the most important task, track how many are starting to fulfill it. So your subconscious mind will remember, when you start to work, and will be ready to go into operation before.
• Gradually try to start work a little earlier - at least for 5-10 minutes a day. Do not need to take any additional steps, your daily routine itself will move due to the fact that the first thing you start performance of urgent tasks. This habit works on the principle of "what gets measured gets done, and".
• Perhaps you will perform the first task as quickly as possible and then start wasting time. To this there was no need to immediately get to another small, but important task. And so long as all the important things for the day will not end.

It turns out that to have good habits quite simple. Time to go away less addictive than you think, but the effect will manifest itself almost immediately.

And from the book "Superman out of habit"You learn more about how to acquire habits that will make life brighter. Then the new year will be filled with new impressions, positive thoughts, productive work and good rest.