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For me, the current list looks something like:<\/span><\/p>\n Early sunlight exposure<\/span><\/p>\n Yoga<\/span><\/p>\n Drink plenty of water<\/span><\/p>\n Use my standing desk<\/span><\/p>\n Weight training<\/span><\/p>\n Not eating the following (chocolate, chips, crappy snacks)<\/span><\/p>\n No alcohol<\/span><\/p>\n Meditation<\/span><\/p>\n Art<\/span><\/p>\n Fasting<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n You could probably develop a list of your own. What regular habits make your days\/weeks better? Do you have some bad habits that should be minimised?<\/span><\/p>\n Perhaps it is regular walking or going for a run. Perhaps it is time in nature. Perhaps it is a healthy green salad for lunch or resisting that afternoon chocolate bar.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Whatever your list, I\u2019ve been thinking about a simple way to track compliance with those activities. A way of assessing one\u2019s progress towards building days and weeks that are built out of healthy components.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This is what I have so far:<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span> This kind of tracking serves a few purposes:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n As a student, you may wish to add \u2018study time\u2019 to your list if you are struggling to allocate appropriate levels of study to your daily schedule. I haven\u2019t added work time to my list as I don\u2019t struggle to allocate the necessary time. But the life of a student is a bit different from the life of a 9-5 office worker like me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n My personal goals? – I don\u2019t expect that I will get all tasks done every day. Instead I am aiming for consistency with at least all tasks appearing at least a couple of times in a given week. If I can look at my page and see a nice distribution of ticks over the week, then I feel confident that I am in a sustainable pattern.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Your goals might be different. The good thing with this system is that you can hold yourself to whatever standard you want. Perhaps you want solid ticks all the way across, or just a light smattering showing that you are making progress.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n With us going into lockdown here in SA, a system like this might be a good way to try and sustain some kind of healthy schedule. That way you don\u2019t lose too much momentum for when we come out of lockdown and head back to normal life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n If you find it helpful, or can think of some nice simple mods to the system, let me know.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Take care<\/span><\/p>\n Dr G<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are habits that I know from personal experience (or can justify on the basis of evidence-based health practices), that I should have embedded into […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":492,"featured_media":3583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11475,31],"tags":[12998],"class_list":["post-3581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gareth-experiments-on-self","category-psychological-tools","tag-habit-tracking"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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