Simple Ideas to Improve Your Wellbeing

“Zen practice is to open up our small mind.”

– Shunryu Suzuki

Your mileage may vary but here are some simple ideas that improve my feelings of wellbeing.

Daily:

Walk
Meditate (this can take many forms and you don’t need to call it meditating)
Spend time in nature
Think of 1–3 things you are grateful for (through the lens of gratitude, the world looks different)
Listen to music
Ensure at least 80% of your diet is full of healthy, single ingredient, foods (fruits, vegetables, meat, fish etc)
Read and/or listen to something that inspires you
Work on your mindset
Develop a breathwork practice (most often straight after meditating or on a walk for me)
Have a sleep and restoration routine (i.e. go to bed at a similar time each night, start to wind down an hour of so before bed)
Say no to almost everything that does not align with your priorities for the day and life (no is skill we must all learn)
Protect some white space in your day (do not over-commit yourself)

2-4 times a week:

Lift weights (and your bodyweight) – challenge yourself, strive to improve and get stronger
Do a form of cardio you enjoy (bike, run, swim, sled work, skip, row – mix it up)
Stretch what is tight (Yoga and Pilates may work well here or a simple, targeted, practice of your own)

Quarterly/6 monthly/yearly

Travel
Go on an adventure
Assess where you are against your goals (write them down!)
Break you goals into a focused list of themes and priority actions to work off against

Limit:

Frictionless Living