The bloggers and our best habits

What’s one habit that has improved your life the most?

Martha

Planning our meals for the week: before the pandemic, we had a vague idea of what we would eat but once we were limited to a shop once a week, we planned everything. We saved money, had fun trying new recipes, and most importantly reduced our collective stress as a family. We did order in on occasion to give everyone a break. Not having to think every day what would be for dinner was a game changer. We also got better at balancing options, and having more variety. It’s a habit we’ve kept ever since.

Nat

Practicing sleep hygiene. Having a steady wind down routine that is simply charging my phone away from my bed.
I then go brush my teeth and put my night guard in.
I hope into bed and slap my CPAP on. I usually fall asleep within a couple minutes.
I don’t use my bed for anything other than sleep and sex.
I have a do not disturb mode on my phone at night. All of this has helped me sleep better and feel more focused and calm in my waking day.

Elan

I have next to no regular habits, which means I cannot compare their relative value to my life. But once a year, on New Years Day, I write in a journal. It used to be annual goals but now it’s just lists of memories and things I am grateful for. I limit myself to one page per entry per year. I cannot say how it has improved my life: perhaps that it is a living record I look forward to adding to each year is enough.

Diane

When my kid started his food snob stage as a teen, I promised him I would make a new dish from an actual recipe once a week. He moved out for university in 2012 but I kept it up. I have discovered so many interesting recipes: historical, vintage and modern, and gotten really good at using everything in my CSA basket. I think my meals are healthier (certainly higher in fibre), and there is almost no food waste.

The image is a Russian mushroom and potato soup with carrots, leeks and lots of dill.

Tracy

Daily meditation every morning before I interact with the world.

Nicole

My decades-long morning exercise practice. Whether it’s a run, going to the gym or a walk, it’s my most precious time of day.

Sam

Sleep! It’s boring but true that everything is better when you’re well rested.  I’ve been an early to bed,  early to rise person since I had babies and small children in my life.  There’s a lot of hard things in my life and a lot of joy and fun too and I feel like sleep helps make it all better.