Do you have 5 minutes ?

Hello  Dear Readers.HAPPY NEW YEAR 2024 !

I would like you to gift yourself good health  this year .I am not asking you to make a new year resolution like " I will never eat even single sweet this whole year ...I will do yoga daily for 1 hour at 5 am this year "  . You know what happens to new year resolutions.
I am just asking "Do you have 5 minutes for it ? "
Yes . Five minutes is all that is needed to make a positive change . Please do not given excuses saying" I am very busy ..don't have even  5 min to invest on my health " . Even the PMs & CMs,CEOs &CFOs etc  can spare 5 min for their health . Do NOT wait for motivation or particular time ( muhurtham) or special day like New Year day   . That some day is TODAY. Simply start . Just do it- the Nike way   . Once you start , then you get the motivation to do it more .

Habits are formed easily when :
1) they are pretty simple to start ( you cannot give any excuses to yourself to not do it )
2)  you combine with an old habit( an already existing routine )  .
For example : A goal " I want to run a marathon in 3 months time  & I will wake up at 5 am in the morning an run 5 km per day in the big  stadium 15 min drive from my house ". Do you think a person with so many responsibilities like  working women will be able to do it ? No. Very very unlikely .
Almost unfailable goal would look like this : " I will go walk around the block for 5 min when I go out pick up the milk packet outside the gate at 7 am from tomorrow for a week " . This does not need any preparation .No special shoes . No special dress. No specific time . Anyway you are going to get the milk packet daily from the gate ( old habit ) , you just go out and walk for 5 min and come back( new habit )  . It's not that difficult to do it for a week.

Just remember 5S. Simply Start Small Simple Steps.

 
Say it & do it . Your confidence in yourself builds up .You celebrate your small win . Then you slowly start increasing the time & intensity & achieve bigger goals .
Few of the  5 min habits which you can easily incorporate in your life but have very high positive impact on health :

• Exercise /Movement ( Walking , Jogging, Squats , Pushups, Stretches etc )
• Preparing healthy snacks like fruits/nuts/ vegetables
• Deep slow breathing
• Maintain a gratitude journal
• Walking after every  hour of sitting & working
• Turning off the phone& not touching or looking by keeping in another room for sometime daily
• Reading something positive & uplifting just before going to sleep
• Eating unhurriedly & calmly ( without  looking at cell phone/TV etc )

There are many other small good activities which can be done in 5 min which can really have tremendous positive impact over long run .

What good 5 minute habits you are going to incorporate from TODAY ?