When I was small my parents subscribed to the Readers’ Digest magazine. That was a close second to the favorite monthly subscription. Sandesh a Bengali monthly for children and young adults was my favorite.
Sandesh was as interesting as the name. Its a word for a type of famous cottage cheese Bengali sweets and the magazine was stuffed with goodies. It was first founded by Upendrakishore Ray and has since then been in the family. If you have grown up in the nineties Kolkata, you will know all about it.
I have fond memories of finishing my homework, before settling down with Sandesh post lunch on Sundays. Sandesh had all things dreamy. Stories, mysteries, poems, contests, everything which inspired creative thinking. That’s when my storytelling skills started germinating.
I used to doodle a lot too. But before my daughter started drawing, I had stopped doodling 20 years back. The fun of making a cute doodle is not something which can be expressed in words. We do landscapes, watercolors paint pots and planters. The best part of all this is the smile of innocence and extreme joy I see on her face when we share our colors. She understands the joy of creating.
She is six but she understands. I think that’s one work as a parent you and me and all of strive to do. To make them understand what makes happiness.
Is it things?
Is it the people?
Or is it a balance of everything?
When I read the Readers Digest magazine, I learned about people all over the world. Those who overcame obstacles.The power of the mind.The power of trying. The never giving up mantra! Try, try and try again, till you succeed.
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Life doesn’t happen the way we plan, but it’s the fun you have living, that’s important. Have fun living, learning, growing, because once you stop learning, it’s over! This life you have, is for a reason, make it count.
5 Steps to make Good Habits the way Successful people do
- Focus on something simple, like drinking one extra glass of water in the morning.
- Choose when you do it every day.7 am every morning, one extra glass. of water.
- Every day when you get up if it’s not 7 am, do it when you get up. Just one glass.
- Then you gradually change the cue. When you get up from a sitting or lying down position, you drink water.
- After ten weeks it will become automatic and you should able to do it without thinking
You did it. You made one new habit. Do everything to make one healthy habit every day! A healthy life is a blessed life.
Want to start including Probiotic food in your diet?
- Start easy and small. Check whether natural sources are available locally. If not, learn to make homemade yogurt or safe fermented food. But that can be like shaving the yak for some. So focus on small steps.
- Include it daily in your diet, by planning one meal or snack with a helping of probiotic food.
- Remember to take it daily.
- If you are a supplement person. Choose a good brand. Check the best before date and the kind of organisms present and take it with your lunch every day.
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Want to read more?
- Read one page every day at 6 pm.
- Wherever you are, read a book. A paperback or an ebook.Just one page.
- Do it for ten weeks you will be reading more.
Are you a student? Want to revise more before exams?
Every day at 9 pm revise one chapter of a subject you studied the day before. This way not only will you recall better, but revision is also effortless. Read my study tips for more help.
If you want to make an effort to start and make good habits effortless. Just get this Google sheet Habit tracker to make creating good habits easy. No sign up needed. Click and save a copy. Use it to build your power habits. Let me know in the comments below what habit you want to build first?
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It is hard to start a new habit – thanks for sharing these great tips with us at The Blogger’s Pit Stop!
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Reader’s digest and Sandesh are such fond memories. So nostalgic. Good post Amrita.
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Simple steps to a great outcome! Thanks for sharing.
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wow! great post!! I too remember the lifes like that section in RD. just used to love their real life stories too. Very fond memories those are. And your tips for forming good habit , specially the glass of water trick I am going to try immediately. Keep writing!
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Well said. Taking baby steps and doing it consistently everyday can help change and build good habits. And it is said that if you do consistently for 21 days, it becomes a habit. Love the examples and tips that you have shared.
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This is a very insightful post n I loved reading it. I am also reading a book called the Power of Habit, for quite sometime now. I agree with u on the power of inculcating good habits n how it can add more meaning n positivity.
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Building good habits early on is good practice. But there’s no age to it also. Became an early riser last year and like it now!
You have mentioned some excellent tips.
That’s important stuff made so easy Doc and written so professionally. Will try to emulate at least a couple ????
These are good tips to cultivate good habits. I like, and plan to follow, the drinking an extra glass of water at a particular time tip. Thanks for sharing.
Small, incremental changes for health work the best for me too! (If I try too much, too soon, then I give up.)
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Those are some good ways to build up healthy habits slowly and steadily without disturbing hmthe whole schedule. I too remember reading reader’s digest as a child and I learnt so much form it.
These are some great tips. I like the idea of doing one things everyday. Will implement it with my kids.
Initial days in forming any new habit are always challenging. But once we maintain the consistency then it’s not that tough. Very soon it becomes an integral part of our life.
With time, I finally managed to make a habit of drinking enough water everyday, I think it is all about determination.
Love the modes to get that habit to become entrenched,