The single best you can do is make healthy habits automatic. When these habits become your default way of living they stop feeling like efforts.
Some simple habits that you can add to your life:
1. Add more movements in your daily routine. Like skip the elevator, take the stairs. If you have a desk job, use Pomodoro (e.g. 30 minutes of work, 5-10 minutes of walking). Do these things so often they becomes a cue-routine-reward loop. Also make movement fun not forced. Like long walks, weekend hikes, martial arts, yoga, dance - whatever lights you up. 2. Eat colourful diet. More veggies, more fibre, more whole food. Your gut is full of helpful bacteria that love diversity - it’s called gut microbiome health. Try to prep your meals the night before if you have a busy schedule. Don’t ever keep junk at home. Out of sight, out of stomach. When you start eating fresh, real food consistently, your taste buds literally neuroadapt and junk food start tasting too fake. Limit or completely cut off sugar, alcohol, and fake stuff.
3. Surround yourself with people who have healthy habits. “Tell me who your friends are, and I’ll tell you who you are”.
4. Protect your mental diet too. Junk thoughts are as harmful as junk food. Stop doomscrolling. Feed your mind with good stuff - books, music, nature. Most importantly spend quality time with people you love. And ofcourse a good quality sleep. We glorify hustling, but poor sleep ruins everything. Dim the light and keep yourself away from screen time before sleep.
5. Get your health checkups done. Do a full-body checkup yearly. Many deficiencies - like vitamin D or B12 show no symptoms at first. But they silently wear you down. Blood tests are like a roadmap - they help you course-correct early.
