42 ways to slightly improve your life without really trying
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1. Exercise on a Monday night (nothing fun happens on a Monday night).
2. On the fence about a purchase? Wait 72 hours before you buy it.
3. Tip: the quickest supermarket queue is always behind the fullest trolley (greeting, paying and packing take longer than you think).
2. On the fence about a purchase? Wait 72 hours before you buy it.
3. Tip: the quickest supermarket queue is always behind the fullest trolley (greeting, paying and packing take longer than you think).
4. Send a voice note instead of a text; they sound like personal mini podcasts.
5. Keep a bird feeder by a window, ideally the kitchen. It’ll pass the time when you’re washing up.
6. Everyone has an emotional blind spot when they fight. Work out what yours is, and remember it.
5. Keep a bird feeder by a window, ideally the kitchen. It’ll pass the time when you’re washing up.
6. Everyone has an emotional blind spot when they fight. Work out what yours is, and remember it.
7. Keep your children’s drawings and paintings. Put the best ones in frames.
8. Set aside 10 minutes a day to do something you really enjoy.
9. Laugh shamelessly at your own jokes.
8. Set aside 10 minutes a day to do something you really enjoy.
9. Laugh shamelessly at your own jokes.
10. Look closely.
11. Set time limits for your apps. Just go to the settings on your smartphone and add a limit
12. If possible, take the stairs.
11. Set time limits for your apps. Just go to the settings on your smartphone and add a limit
12. If possible, take the stairs.
13. Be polite to rude strangers – it’s oddly thrilling.
14. Ask questions, and listen to the answers.
15. Connect with nature.
14. Ask questions, and listen to the answers.
15. Connect with nature.
16. Go for a walk without your phone.
17. Stretch in the morning. And maybe in the evening.
18. Sleep with your phone in a different room (and buy an alarm clock).
17. Stretch in the morning. And maybe in the evening.
18. Sleep with your phone in a different room (and buy an alarm clock).
19. Buy a plant. Think you’ll kill it? Buy a fake one.
20. Try taking a cold shower before your hot one. It’s good for your health – both physical and mental.
21. Read a poem every day.
20. Try taking a cold shower before your hot one. It’s good for your health – both physical and mental.
21. Read a poem every day.
22. Take out your headphones when walking – listen to the world.
23. Say hello to your neighbours.
24. Learn the basics of repairing your clothes.
23. Say hello to your neighbours.
24. Learn the basics of repairing your clothes.
25. Always bring something – wine, flowers – to a dinner/birthday party, even if they say not to.
26. Every so often, search your email for the word “unsubscribe” and then use it on as many as you can.
27. Drop your shoulders.
26. Every so often, search your email for the word “unsubscribe” and then use it on as many as you can.
27. Drop your shoulders.
28. Go to bed earlier – but don’t take your phone with you.
29. Sing!
30. Think about your posture: don’t slouch, and don’t cross your legs.
29. Sing!
30. Think about your posture: don’t slouch, and don’t cross your legs.
31. Hang your clothes up.
32. Thank a teacher who changed your life.
33. Respect your youngers.
32. Thank a teacher who changed your life.
33. Respect your youngers.
34. Keep your keys in the same place.
35. Cook something you’ve never attempted before.
36. Nap.
35. Cook something you’ve never attempted before.
36. Nap.
37. Buy a bike and use it. Learn how to fix it, too.
38. Politely decline invitations if you don’t want to go.
39. Don’t look at your phone at dinner.
38. Politely decline invitations if you don’t want to go.
39. Don’t look at your phone at dinner.
40. Do that one thing you’ve been putting off.
41. Give compliments widely and freely.
42. Listen to the albums you loved as a teenager.
41. Give compliments widely and freely.
42. Listen to the albums you loved as a teenager.
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