What 10 Things Should You Do Every Day To Improve Your Life?

1) Get out in nature到大自然走一走

You probably seriously underestimate how important this is. (Actually, there’s research that says you do.) Being in nature reduces stress, makes you more creative, improves your memory and may even make you a better person.

你可大大低估大自然的美妙效用. 身處大自然讓人降低壓力更加有創造力增進記憶力與甚至讓你成為更好的人

2) Exercise運動可提升快樂好心情

We all know how important this is, but few people do it consistently. Other than health benefits too numerous to mention, exercise makes you smarter,happier, improves sleep, increases libido and makes you feel better about your body. A Harvard study that has tracked a group of men for more than 70 years identified it as one of the secrets to a good life.

我們都知道運動的重要, 但很少人貫徹到底. 健康益處講不完. 運動讓你更聰明更快樂, 增進睡眠品質, 讓你對自己的身體感覺更好. 哈佛大學研究花長達七十年工夫追蹤一群人確認運動是維持好生活的秘密之一

3) Spend time with friends and family花點時間與家人朋友相處

Harvard happiness expert Daniel Gilbert identified this as one of the biggest sources of happiness in our lives. Relationships are worth more than you think (approximately an extra $131,232 a year.) Not feeling socially connected can make you stupider and kill you. Loneliness can lead to heart attack, stroke and diabetes. The longest lived people on the planet all place a strong emphasis on social engagement and good relationships are more important to a long life than even exercise. Friends are key to improving your life. Share good news and enthusiatically respond when others share good news with you to improve your relationships. Want to instantly be happier? Do something kind for them.

哈佛大學快樂專家丹尼爾確認這是生活幸福的泉源. 關係的療癒價值超越你能想像的. 如果感覺自己像社會邊緣人, 會讓你覺得自己愚蠢, 這想法幾乎會要你的命. 寂莫會導致心臟病中風與糖尿病. 地球上活最久的人都不約而同強調社會參與性的價值, 好的關係比運動對長壽更重要. 朋友是改善你生活的要點. 分享好消息, 熱誠地回應, 能改善你的關係. 想要當場覺得快樂嗎? 為你的朋友家人做些溫柔的好事

4) Express gratitude 表達感恩之情

It will make you happier. 讓你更快樂

It will improve your relationships. 改善關係

It can make you a better person. 讓你成為更棒的人

It can make life better for everyone around you. 提升你周遭朋友的生活品質

5) Meditate 冥想

Meditation can increase happiness, meaning in life, social support and attention span while reducing anger, anxiety, depression and fatigue. Along similar lines, prayer can make you feel better — even if you’re not religious.

6) Get enough sleep 睡眠充足

You can’t cheat yourself on sleep and not have it affect you. Being tired actually makes it harder to be happy. Lack of sleep = more likely to get sick. “Sleeping on it” does improve decision making. Lack of sleep can make you more likely to behave unethically. There is such a thing as beauty sleep.

Naps are great too. Naps increase alertness and performance on the job,enhance learning ability and purge negative emotions while enhancing positive ones.

不管你願不願意面對, 睡眠不足會影響到你. 疲累的身心很難高興得起來. 缺乏睡眠容易生病. "睡在上面"也可改善你做決定的品質. 缺乏睡眠比較容易舉止失當. 有美容覺這一回事.

打個盹睡個午覺是好的. 休息睡個午覺增加工作上的警覺性與績效, 促進學習能力, 趨散負面情緒, 增進正面情緒.

7) Challenge yourself 挑戰自我

Learning another language can keep your mind sharp. Music lessons increase intelligence. Challenging your beliefs strengthens your mind. Increasing willpower just takes a little effort each day and it’s more responsible for your success than IQ. Not getting an education or taking advantage of opportunities are two of the things people look back on their lives and regret the most.

學點新事物, 比方學新的語言, 可讓你的心不斷刷新變銳利. 音樂課程增加敏銳度. 挑戰你的信念可強化你的心智. 增加意志力需要每天一點努力. 意志力(努力)在這點上比IQ更重要. 失去受教育機會或利用機會是兩件人們回顧過往人生最感遺憾的事.

8) Laugh 笑

People who use humor to cope with stress have better immune systems, reduced risk of heart attack and stroke, experience less pain during dental work and live longer. Laughter should be like a daily vitamin. Just reminiscing about funny moments can improve your relationship. Humor has many benefits.

9) Touch someone 觸摸他人

Touching can reduce stress, improve team performance, and help you be persuasive. Hugs make you happier. Sex may help prevent heart attacks and cancer, improve your immune system and extend your life.

觸摸可減少壓力, 增進團體效益, 幫你更有說服力. 輕輕擁抱能讓你更快樂. 性事可幫助避免心臟病與癌症, 改善免疫系統與延展你的生命

10) Be optimistic 樂觀的人生態度

Optimism can make you healthier, happier and extend your life. The Army teaches it in order to increase mental toughness in soldiers. Being overconfident improves performance.