Heart-healthy habits linked to longer life without chronic conditions

Healthy Life

If you do the same thing over and over, your muscles get used to it, you get bored, and you end up plateauing. So instead of pounding the pavement on Wednesday, go hit the pool. Being physically active isn’t about pounding the pavement or joining a gym—it’s a lifestyle that can be had 24/7. It should go without saying that there are bad ways to work out. Every time you get moving you put yourself at risk for injury, so make sure you’re doing it right! You should always be sipping water during your workouts.

  • I was bleeding when I went to the bathroom and I had glasses thicker than a car windshield.
  • Decent sleep hygiene practices are the habits and routines that help you get a good sleep.
  • But, your wellbeing is largely on the lifestyle choices you make.
  • Given that the sources of our stress are often difficult to change (e.g., personal finances, current job), a number of interventions have been designed to help reduce the aversive responses to duress.

This applies to things like household chores, but it also relates to things like deciding where to eat or choosing an outing. In all your relationships, be sure to shut down gossip and stand up for loved ones even if they can’t stand up for themselves. You can’t have quality time if you’ve got your head buried in your phones, video games, or laptops. You can certainly enjoy those things with one another but commit to spending some time together screen-free as well. For couples, working in the house together prevents one party from feeling resentful toward the other.