Habits can either help or hurt our success in life. Bad habits can fester and grow into a lifestyle that takes you away from the things you want to do—and good habits can help you create a life that’s full of action and accomplishment. While we can all study successful habits, it’s meaningless if we don’t implement that knowledge. Here are five daily habits you can adopt to create the life you truly want to live:
1. Plan out your day the night before.
It’s easy to get off track when you don’t have a plan. Without planning what your day will look like, you wake up not knowing what you want to do or accomplish. Spend a little time the night before giving yourself clear goals for the next day. Life doesn’t always work out as planned, but with a plan, you can adjust without losing momentum.
“Lean forward into your life. Begin each day as if it were on purpose.”
―Mary Anne Radmacher
2. Read books to get inspired.
Reading is an essential element in success—books contain so much knowledge. Forming a daily reading habit will expand your knowledge and help you on your journey to success.
3. Make your health a priority.
What you eat and how much you exercise affects every area of your life. Use your exercise as a time to reset and plan and make smart food choices that will give you the energy you need to accomplish everything on your daily to-do list. Choose wisely.
4. Don’t get distracted by what other people are doing.
Other people’s journeys to success can be inspiring. You can learn so much—but if you start comparing your progress to theirs, instead of using their stories as inspiration, you can feel jealous, stressed, unworthy. Don’t get stuck in the comparison trap—stay focused on your why.
5. Live each day as if it were the last.
Life is busy, it’s chaotic, and so you tend to want to focus on the future—we all do it, worry about what’s next. But while planning is important, so is living—being fully present. Life is short, and there’s no guarantee as to when it will end. Live each day as if it were your last and make the most out of each moment.
When you wake up each day determined to spend it forming good habits, you give yourself a better chance at success and building whatever a successful life means to you.