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THE ULTIMATE FIVE ESSENTIAL IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES

GOAL SETTING 

IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES
An active man carrying out his essential improvement activity/Credit/Andrea Piacquadio

In Summary

Ø The desire to improve quality of life is a universal goal for most people.

Ø Research recommends physical activity as the best way to improve your well-being and quality of life.

Ø In a 2018 research study for U.S. Health and Human services, findings showed that physical activity improves well-being and quality of life for adults aged 18 to 65 years-old, and older adults aged 65 years and above.

In the journal of Translational Behavioral Medicine, you will find a research study called A Systematic Review of physical activity and quality of life and well-being. The study examined the relationship between physical activity and quality of life and well-being. It sought to examine the experience of general population throughout lifetime. The study also incorporated people with mental health conditions such as, schizophrenia and Parkinson’s disease among others. The findings indicated that being active or taking part in regular physical activities improved both quality of life and well-being. Adults aged 18 to 65 years old experienced improved quality of life and well-being. However, there was moderate improvement in quality of life and well-being for persons suffering from different psychiatric and neurological conditions.

The science and basis in the study is a good place to begin your self-improvement. The ultimate five essential improvement activities that you will learn from this post have all a basis in science and expert back-up. These practical activities will result in the desired change. You will achieve your improvement change by taking part in the mentioned activities. It is important to mention that life can get busy and you can easily get lost in it. However, the need for improvement will never cease. There will always be something that needs improvement. Whether you as an individual or circumstances around you. So, live your life open-minded. As long as, you continue to breathe and participate in different elements of life. Improvement will be needed. Here are the ultimate five essential improvement activities to improve your life.

Exercise

You have seen what research has said about physical activity. It helps to improve the quality of your life and well-being. Being physically active takes different forms. Examples of physical activities include but not limited to swimming, walking, gardening, dancing, doing yoga, and running. All these activities are physical because they demand some level of body movement, which requires use of energy to keep your muscles in shape.  Exercising is also a physical activity. And you can take part in different types of exercises on top of the mentioned examples. For example, you can lift weight, do push-ups, carry groceries, use resistance band, and even catch a tennis ball. You can start from anywhere in your exercise regime. However, the focus should be on making the exercise consistent. If your preferred exercise is walking, make it a regular practice. This is how you will achieve change and meet your self-improvement goals.

Engaging in different forms of exercises aim at keeping you healthy and flexible. There is nothing more desirable than being healthy and enjoying life. You cannot improve anything you want unless you are healthy. Therefore, working to keep yourself healthy should be a top priority. We live in a busy world with significant changes. You can easily lose focus. You can easily get lost in the many things that take place every day. However, when it comes to your health. Make an exception. Be available and take care of it. You would not be able to experience life in the best way you want; unless you have what World Health Organization (WHO) describes as the absence of disease. Being healthy means you don’t suffer from any form of disease both physically and mentally. Getting to this level requires effort. Efforts that involve people making deliberate choices to protect what matters.

Your health matters. And incorporating physical activity in your daily routine is the least you can do for yourself. It does not matter what magnitude of physical activity you introduce in your life. Small or big will all work as long as, you master consistency. Consistency makes the difference. Walking for ten minutes every day will help you improve your life. Your muscles will benefit from this small act of being active. You will contribute a lot to your health by walking just ten minutes every day. And your effort will go a long way. You will need to be deliberate about your exercises. You will have to invest in your physical activity. A lot of things will happen. However, choose to be in charge. Lead your life. And that means making difficult decisions and calls.  

Positive Thinking

You will encounter a lot of things in life that you will not like. Circumstances around you will make you lose hope. These negative things will impact your life significantly. Many negative stuff. Such as, things not going your way. In fact, things not going your way will create a fertile environment for negative thinking. You will have more reasons to hate life. But you don’t have to go that direction. You need to change the way you see things. Your perspective needs to change. The mere fact that situations are working against you, does not mean you have lost. Experiencing failure after failure does not mean you will fail all the time. You must have confidence. You need to trust something. You need to trust your abilities and desire to turn things around. And that turning around, begins with you fixing your mind. Purge negativity out of your mind.

Life is full of experiences. And sometimes, the negatives that you encounter are just part of life experiences. You need to pay attention to those things that you don’t like. There is so much that you can learn from them. These negativities can prepare your next big break. You need to be present. You need to open up yourself to learn and grow. You will not improve unless you learn. You will not get what you want if you keep repeating mistakes that led to the first failure. You need to understand life. Life is not your grandmother. And it will not hand you everything you want. Instead, life will push you hard like that boss whose standards you can’t meet. But you will become better once you understand what a strict boss wants from you. Excellence and professionalism. After all, you live in a competitive world.

You need to master positive thinking. You need to change the way you look at things, especially those that you don’t like. Negative circumstances also unearth hidden strengths. Strength that you never knew existed until you encountered a setback. Teach your mind endurance. Train your mind to develop resilience. Help your mind to nurture hope. You need to believe that good can come out of a hopeless situation. And you can only live to witness that change. By looking at things differently. Embracing positive thinking as your improvement activity will make you a leader. The activity will teach you how to win in the mind before winning outside. When you learn to win your battles in your mind. You become a conqueror. Nothing will bring you down no matter its weight.

IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES
A happy couple enjoying their improvement activity. Photo Nubia Navarro

Gratitude

Your next improvement activity is gratitude. You need to develop an attitude of gratitude. Waking up to running water comes across as obvious. Some will say, it is what taps do. Produce water when opened. But having clean, running tap water is not as obvious as you think. You need to be grateful that you wake up to clean water every day. That you get everything you want. That your plans work out. Your desires get fulfilled. These are not obvious things. You need to be grateful. The small things that you never recognize are big miracles elsewhere. If, the coin had to tilt. You would have learned the hard way. However, you don’t need the coin to tilt. You can begin to appreciate things on your own. You just need this small motivation. That it takes effort to have all that you have.  

You need to recognize the grace that gives you everything. Gratitude in fact, is a powerful improvement activity. It gets ignorance and arrogance out of people's mind. And what a better way to improve yourself than getting arrogance out of your life. Gratitude teaches you humility. It helps you to stop taking things for granted. It sobers you up. It opens your eyes. It helps you to understand life. You understand reality. The world is not equal. Social justice is still working hard. Resources are not evenly distributed across the world. Some people struggle with what you find obvious. If you are looking to improve yourself. Begin with learning some gratitude. The activity will help you see the bigger picture. It will expand your lens of seeing and interpreting the environment. You need gratitude because it makes you better.

Be A Doer

Be a doer. Improvement comes as a result of concerted effort. You don’t lose weight unless you exercise. You don’t get what you want unless you go for it. People never experience your talent until you live it. You never get to your full potential unless you explore it. Whatever you need must be earned. You must earn your change. Your improvement must be practical. Making yourself a doer breaks cycles. It makes you practical. It makes you become more realistic. It helps you to see things as they are. Put practice in the activities that are needed to improve a given area. Start reading if you want to pass your exams. Enroll in a course if, you would like to level up your knowledge. Whatever change you desire. You must work for it. Being a doer eliminates laziness and sluggishness. You learn to rise to the occasion.

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Enthusiastic people exercising. Photo Rui Dias 

In fact, research studies have laid down a basis for you. Findings have demonstrated that you might not achieve a desired quality of life and well-being if, you don’t engage in regular physical activity. This means that if, you don’t do what is expected to improve an area. That area will not improve. Your quality of life will be impacted as long as, you postpone. Your joy of life will not be attained unless you schedule to carry out the activity. Become a doer. Go after your self-improvement. Perform the activities that make you better. Read to gain wisdom. Control what you consume to protect your health. Put your changes into action. Make them practical. Be active. Implement what your coach tells you to do. To improve that skill. You will have to follow simple instructions that make you better. Follow the instructions.

Kill Your Fears

There is nothing as bad as, fear. Fear pushes people to do extreme things. Things that come across as either risky or careless. The fear of unknown in particular, is the worst fear. It keeps people worried. Worried about things they cannot explain. Some act on these fears. They take matters in their own hands. And do what they think works for them. Only to aggravate situations. You don’t need these extremes. Kill your fears. Silence the little voices that come up with absurd ideas. Nothing is going to harm you. And you have to believe that. Nothing will harm you. I did a post on this. Nothing will harm you. Let your mind know that nothing will harm you. There is nothing bad that is going to happen. Nothing will wipe the whole world out. Nothing of that nature is going to happen.

Calm your mind down. The world is more secure than you think. The human brain has a tendency of generating some elements of fears. But those fears that the brain stimulates are meant to protect you. Not to make you nervous. Modern world is more structured than past eras. Several countries around the world have governments. These governments are meant to protect you. They are supposed to identify threats and prevent those threats. You got no business controlling circumstances. Leave these matters to the people that are best positioned to tackle them. Don’t allow your mind to trigger you into panic. Get fear out of your system. Live in the present. Find peace and satisfaction in things that make you happy. You are much better enjoying life than worrying. Killing your fears could be tough. However, try. Don’t let the unknown trouble you. You are safe.              

 

               

 

 

  

 

 




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