Here are some of our favourite “I will” healthy habits to support your overall mental health:
I will…
- Do 60 seconds of focused breathing
- Check-in with myself – what’s the emotion I’m feeling right now?
- Check-in with myself – what is my stress level on a scale of 1 – 10
- Take a walk without my phone
- Place my full awareness on a sound that captures my attention
- Put my phone away
- Turn off social media
- Acknowledge one thing I’m grateful for today
- Tell one person I care for them (and get the oxytocin hit for doing it!)
- Say out loud my biggest fear today (and realise it maybe isn’t as big as I thought)
- Journal
- Do something nice for someone else
- Do something nice for me
- Listen to my favourite feel-good song
- Accept the reality of this very moment
- Look in the mirror and say hello to me
- Doodle for 1 minute
- Listen to my meditation app
- Light a candle and watch the flame for 1 minute
- Smile at a stranger
Remember, we’ve kept them purposely small. The key to forming a sustainable healthy habit is to get started and by keeping the habit as easy and as quick to do, you set yourself up for long-term success. The more you successfully maintain your habit, the easier it will become AND THEN, it will naturally build from there!