Let’s keep things simple today. Here are five things to do to feel good and stay healthy:
1. Sleep. Fight the cultural glorification of overwork and under-sleep. Nap against The Man. Seriously, prioritizing enough rest is good for the body, the mind, the metabolism, and people who have to deal with us. Aim for about eight hours, give or take.
2. Move. It doesn’t have to be big or complicated. A half hour walk on most days is enough to maintain a healthy body.
3. Eat. We need food to live. When we pay attention to the foods that make us feel more energetic and happy and calm, we do better. Spoiler alert: it’s not going to turn out to be Jack-in-the-Box all day, every day. Bonus spoiler alert: it’s also not going to be a single leaf of kale per day and nothing else.
4. Drink. Water. Plenty of water. Dehydrated people are grumpy and mistake-prone. Drinking other things is all right, but water is best.
5. Play. Not everything has to be hard. Taking the time to find the joyful bits is entirely useful.
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