[**China Women's Daily].
Li Ruiqiu. The plan of the year lies in the spring. How about living every day in the new year with a full state? Hopefully, the following tips and experiences will help you.
Try to receive as much sunlight as possible.
In recent years, research has increasingly emphasized the importance of sunlight to a person's state. For example, the main cause of myopia is not excessive eye use, but lack of access to enough sunlight outdoors; Sunlight can induce the body to secrete sufficient amounts of serotonin, which plays a key role in maintaining emotional stability and a happy mood; Sunlight can stimulate the synthesis of vitamin D, which is helpful for bones, immunity and mood; Enough sunlight can adjust the work and rest routine, which plays an important role in maintaining a good night'......
In medicine, there is a specific concept called "seasonal affective disorder", which refers to the tendency of people to feel depressed and lost in autumn and winter. The reason for this is that autumn and winter tend to have short hours of light and low brightness, which does not provide enough sunlight.
So, if you have the opportunity, try to get a sunny place to work so that you can get more light every day. On the commute, you may also wish to reduce the time spent in the transportation and allow yourself to walk a little longer, which can not only bask in the sun, but also increase the amount of exercise every day.
Similarly, during lunch breaks and holidays, try not to stay in your room all day, and go out for a walk, take a walk, and bask in the sun when the weather is good. It may not give you immediate results, but over time, it will make you feel better and better.
Set a little ritual for your goals.
If you want to set a few goals and develop a few new habits this year, maybe now is the right time.
What is a "specific date"? For example, New Year's Day, Chinese New Year, birthdays, and other important holidays and anniversaries. This effect is known as the "restart effect", and it is a very effective technique to improve our mobility. As a reminder, don't set too many goals at the beginning of the new year, but break them down into small pieces, spread them evenly over different periods of the year, and design an interesting starting point for them.
Make it a habit to record anytime, anywhere.
If there's one simplest habit that has helped me the most in my upbringing, it's probably this: Record your thoughts anytime, anywhere. We have over 6,000 ideas a day. Even if only 1% of these ideas are useful, there are 60. As long as 10% of these 60 can be used by us, it can also create a lot of value.
I've always practiced this habit of jotting down the thoughts that come to my mind as quickly as I can that I find valuable. Write them down first, and then focus on them later to see if you can get them to take root and produce useful results.
Whether you're in creative work or not, I recommend that you develop and stick to this habit. It's low enough to cost just a second or two each time. But when needed, the ideas you write down may turn into a surprising asset.
Take every opportunity to increase your activity.
A 2018 study focused on the relationship between sitting for long periods of time and cognitive performance, and found that sitting for long periods of time lowered the cognitive ability of the brain. The reason is that sitting for a long time is not conducive to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular circulation, which will significantly reduce the brain's thinking and cognitive ability.
Our bodies are not designed to be sedentary. From the perspective of the long evolutionary history, we have been in the activity for millions of years, walking, running, jumping, working, ......In a nutshell: sitting is not really a break. For the body, real rest is actually the constant switching between standing, walking, and sitting. Holding any position for too long, whether sitting or lying down, is detrimental to the body and brain.
Personally, I would generally recommend: every half an hour or so, stand up and move for 3 5 minutes, it can be 5 minutes, it can be pouring a glass of water, stretching, and walking around. You can also convert it to 1 hour, 10 minutes, etc., at a pace that suits you better. In addition, it is best to do about half an hour of strenuous exercise every day, such as running, cycling, and anaerobic strength training. Other than that, stand up when you can and walk as much as you can. Take every opportunity to get your body moving.
In this way, you can avoid wear and tear and maintain better health for your body.
Set aside some alone time each day to think.
I have a habit that I have practiced for many years: no matter how busy I am, I will always take a break every day to do nothing and use it to relax and think.
There is a term in psychology called "action addiction", which refers to the inability to stop ourselves and tolerate that we "do nothing". In such a situation, it is easy for us to get tired of running between trivial tasks and reduce our lives to the needs and tasks of satisfying our social roles.
Take a break from each day, maybe half an hour to an hour, and try to consciously let go of what you're doing, temporarily shut down the input of information, abandon the distractions of the outside world, turn your attention to yourself, and let yourself be alone. It's the equivalent of a massage for the brain. It allows us to find a moment of tranquility in the hustle and bustle of every day.
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