Nurturing Healthy Habits for Professionals: One Step at A Time

 In a corporate world for past 15-years it is always the struggle to juggle the hustle bustle and personal life in a balance way. Throughout these years incorporating the healthy habits seems far reach in a world where unhealthy snacks and sugar filled beverages seems in easy access. Lately the inclination towards adapting healthy lifestyle is leading me to search and practice these steps in my personal and professional life both. So I am here today scribbling down for you all to tell you that it IS possible to lead your professional life in healthy manner where you all will be no more energy drained by day end and all it needs for your mindset to believe it is attainable and head on to devise attainable goals: One Step at A Time.

So in this quick 7-minute read I will be listing down some newly adapted healthy habits that is helping me to enhance my overall health in my office lifestyle.

Let’s begin!

Make Your Bedtime THE PRIORITY

Prioritize your recommended hours of sleep without any possible distractions. With reference to Sleep Foundation recommended sleep times for adults is minimum 7hours and above. Aim a consistent sleep schedule and mitigate any distractions to wake up fresh and alert to carry on with your day. Quality sleep is the main key to determine your tone of the day making you more alert, concentrated and energetic. Researchers claim that the better sleep is the basic and first step of inculcating healthy habits in your life.

 Healthy Breakfast

As a corporate professional I have oftenly experienced that skipping breakfasts has always leaded me to pile up with the unhealthy sugary snacks within initial hours of work and to your surprise the pattern keeps on repeating all day! 

So breakfast should be your most mindful meal of the day combining the best composition of Carbs, Proteins and Fats. If you are like me who wakes up with the cup of Jo in hand first thing in the morning, ditch this habit at once as it may lead to long term ailment related to your gut…thank me later. However, you can have it till you reach your workstations.

Cultivate The Habit of Movement

Move Move Move…movement is the key! Get in to routine of movement even if you are at your desk. How? By now I have been practicing attending the calls while standing or else take a walk around the hallway. (if it is landline you can keep standing) Fit in your steps by talking a quick lunchtime stroll around the block. Be active or else try office stretches which we will discuss later may be in another writing which will break your sedentary condition for long.Try your morning workout or else gentle yoga and stretches along with the mediation will set you up to conquer your day with a right mindset.

Take a Tech Break

I know detaching from the gadgets and technology is inevitable but all we can do is reduce and limit the screen times while at work…Yes you read it right. If your work like me is to constantly stare at your screen put on the UV filters and wear specs with one. Make habit of closing eyes or practice some eye movements clockwise or and anti-clockwise to reduce the pressure off your eyes. Also when you reach home observe curfew timings of using your gadgets and cellphones and make sure to keep them away from your bedside and turn them off/airplane mode 2 hours prior to your bed time for better sleep so that you practice a better sleep time as we discussed earlier in this read.

So here you all have my newly adapted 04- healthy habits being a professional which is taking tons loads of my mind and body.These are not it and the new habits may get introduced with every passing day which I may update with you all until then go ahead and begin with even any one of them and see the shifting yourself.

Do share your thoughts and ideas for more.

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