Volume 23 Issue 17

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To spend 30 minutes outdoors each day

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To start a gratitude journal

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To read for 15 minutes before bed every night

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To practice meditation for 15 minutes a day

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To take up a new hobby and practice it for at least one hour a week

10. To connect with a friend or family member at least once a day either via phone/text/letter/email or video call Researchers vary on their opinions about how long it takes to form a habit, but one model suggests that the 21/90 rule is the way to go. • 21 days to establish a habit (three weeks of daily practice) • 90 days to convert that habit into a lifestyle (a further threemonths). As Aristotle said: " Watch your words they become your thoughts; Watch your thoughts they become your actions; Watch your actions they become your habits; Watch your habits they become your character; Watch your character it becomes your destiny. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act but a habit."

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