Josie's Simple Checklist to Optimize Your Life

Being happy and healthy doesn't have to be (and shouldn't be) so complicated. Following all of these easy hacks will 100% lead you to a better, more optimized life:

Exercise:

  • Enjoy physical movement that you love: if you enjoy it, your body needs it

  • Allow creativity to be a part of your exercise routine: try dancing, coming up with your own yoga flow, or letting the body take up space as it wants

  • Make sure to have daily quiet time: sit in stillness for five minutes every day and your life will be transformed

Nutrition:

  • Make eating pleasurable: make sure what you eat not only tastes good, but looks and smells good too–the most nourishing foods evoke all the senses

  • Chew food thoroughly: experts say each chew should take around 30 seconds...yes really. And chew even liquid food like soup or smoothies too, to stimulate the digestive system

  • Notice and honor how your body reacts to different foods: what is deemed "healthy" to one body might not make your body feel good

  • Eat whole foods from the earth: that's literally all you need to know to be healthy

  • Take five deep breaths before eating and have moments of gratitude for your food before and after

 
 

Relationships:

  • Consistently keep a gratitude list for each of your important relationships: record every new thing that makes you feel grateful or happy

  • Forgive: holding grudges, resentment, or any amount of negativity strongly affects you, no matter whose "fault" it is. Forgive in order to save your own life and energy

  • Communicate regularly: if relationships are cares, communication is the fuel. Make sure you're refueling often and with high-quality gas

  • Celebrate what's good: whether they got a raise, aced a work presentation, or had a good trip to the doctor, take the time and energy to celebrate life with the people you love

Hygiene:

  • Increase circulation: try dry brushing and lymphatic drainage massage

  • Opt for non-toxic skincare, haircare, and home cleaning products: what you put on your skin or in your environment is just as important as what you put in the body

  • Consistently rid the body of toxins: oil pulling, regular sauna visits, using the netty pot, etc.

Home:

  • Make sure your home organized and clean

  • Keep large, air-purifying plants in every room

  • Let in as much natural light as possible (put mirrors across from windows if you have limited natural light in your home

  • Set up/design your home for the life you want to have, not the life you currently have: buy more healthy cookbooks, keep out exercise equipment, invest in furniture you truly love, etc.

  • Stay away from screens whenever you're not working

Attitude:

  • Preserve your energy: realize that you do have 100% control over how you react to your circumstances and situations

  • Lean into negative emotions: get a therapist or journal about them instead of ignoring them

  • Be silly: do something every day that's "just for fun," and spend the majority of your day laughing


What are your favorite hacks or tips that have made your life better?



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