Keystone habits have the power to transform your life. Charles Duhigg, author of “The Power of Habit,” calls them “keystone habits.” They are correlated with other good habits. Here are eight simple keystone habits that can change your life for the better.
Having family dinners
Family dinners can be enjoyable and productive
- Families who eat dinner together seem to raise children with better homework skills, higher grades, greater emotional control, and more confidence
- Gathering your family around the dinner table every night may seem small, but it has a big impact on children’s behavior
Having strong willpower
Self-discipline outperforms IQ
- How do you know if you have it?
- Put people in a room with cookies and radishes and assign them one of the foods. Those who eat the other food, which will likely be the cookie, aren’t using their willpower
Make your bed every morning
It only takes a minute.
- Making your bed is correlated with increased productivity, a greater sense of well-being, and better budgeting skills.
- Bed makers are also more likely to like their jobs, own a home, exercise, and feel well rested.
Meditating
Meditation is great for reducing stress.
Exercising regularly
People who exercise regularly have increased patience, less stress, and are more productive at work.
- Moreover, exercise is correlated with better mood, more stress, more confidence, and a higher likelihood of having a good night’s sleep.
Planning out your days
It’s always better to have a plan
Tracking what you eat
Food journaling can help you improve your diet.
- A 2009 study by the National Institutes of Health found that participants with food journals lost twice as much weight as those without
- They began noticing routines in their eating habits, like that they would eat regularly at a specific time, which helped them create healthy habits.
Developing daily routines
A steady morning routine could reshape your whole day
