Bad habits: the Internet - I spend most of my day on it which means I have less time for other activities like reading. Most of the time I keep checking the same websites over and over again till there's new content. Reddit is particularly bad for this. I get a little buzz when I find good stuff but then I end up back into the refreshing cycle. Laziness is another one, I tend to give up on things really easily or do things in the easiest ways possible which mean I don't develop because there's not challenge. Feeling awkward in social situations with people I don't know and not talking to people. Good habits: I'm trying to pick up meditation but I find it hard to sit down and just do it. I started journalling a few months ago which I've kept up with, I find it very therapeutic. I make myself do it every day and now it feels second nature. It also helped that I had a lot going in my life to write about when I first started. I've also started running, doing the couch 2 5k program which has been great. I've also started reading at least one poem every day, I've never really got into poetry before and really want to expand my knowledge of it.
Have you tried yoga? A good class will turn you into jelly and have you sweating balls (not hot yoga, that's bs) and your mind is transcended for the next few hours at least. I've just been getting into poetry too! I put it down for a long time honestly, but if you just read it freely for enjoyment it's great. I think my problem was the obnoxious analysis and interpretation my teachers do with us at school. "Here the writer is clearly employing the 'I' in 'I like purple cats' to emphasize the versatility of an expanding universe to give power to the Greek titan Atlas, obviously represented by the 'cat.'" Yeah. Obviously. but I think there's a lot to be appreciated when you find your niche and dig in. I think this is going to motivate me to do some more poetry reading :D thanks! I'm trying to pick up meditation but I find it hard to sit down and just do it.
Thank you that's a great idea! I'll have into local classes. I can totally relate the obnoxious analysis at school, it was the same when we read novels. My ex really got me into it, she was studying at college and took me to a reading. She also told me that most of the time it's best to read poems aloud to really get the feel of them, which I didn't know. You might like this website it has a new poem each day and they are often quite good!