Life-Changing Habits to Uplevel your Life in 2024
Updated: Dec 31, 2023
What is a habit? “A settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up”
Habits are hard to give up. Habits are things that you continue to do no matter what. You continue to do them when things are easy and when things are hard.
Why are creating habits so important?
They are the foundation for how to uplevel your life.
These 4 life-changing habits that I’m about to share with you will fuel your personal growth.
When life throws you a shit-storm, these habits are going to get you through it. When life throws you a party and you are celebrating and feel like you’ve got everything you’ve ever wanted, there’s still more. The levels to your life are infinite.
In order to get there. In order to get to your next level, this is what you need to know:
How do I create lasting habits?
Start Small. One step at a time. It takes at least 21 days of doing something repeatedly to become a habit. This is a marathon, not a sprint.
Let’s go!
If you desire something different you are going to have to do something different…
Desiring something different, whether it be to get healthy, lose weight, opening your business, rising in your 9 to 5, meeting the love of your life…
Means you are going to have to do something different...
And when you decide to do something different, I want you to be prepared for what you will experience...
You are going to have to challenge yourself and your limits...
Because life is going to challenge you.
Life is going to test you
It's going to knock you down...
And when life did this for me, I realized I was already preparing myself…
Take life head on🔥
Are you ready to go ALL IN?
Decide today that you are going all in. Make this promise to yourself.
Commit.
And then take one step forward.
You hold the power⚡to write your story and live life on YOUR TERMS
You hold the key🔑
You always have💜
I've always had a fire🔥, but every single time I'd step out of my comfort zone I'd hit a wall🧱
I've been knocked down🥊 and spit out more times than I can count
But each and every time I've become stronger, more aware and I rise 🆙️
I've shed old stories...the ones that have held me back (shame, guilt, unworthiness)
I'm sharing this because I know you have this fire🔥, this thing that nudges you
Don't ignore that...It's your inner compass
You DESERVE every single thing you want in this life and here’s how to make it happen.
4 Powerful Practices to Level Up Your Life
1️⃣ Gratitude - This is the foundation. Gratitude shifts your perspective, energy and focus into the present moment.
One of the most powerful ways to do this is to write in a gratitude journal. Set aside 5 minutes a day and write 1-3 things you are grateful for. Simple, yet doing this every day will completely change your life.
Why is Gratitude so Powerful?
This powerful practice brings awareness to your thoughts. I used to be on auto-pilot. My inner critic was loud and I was listening. Worrying about the past, worrying about the future. That I wasn’t enough, etc.
And then I began focusing on writing 1-3 things I was grateful for every day. I started to look forward to doing this. And the more I did it, the better I felt. If there’s one thing you take away from this blog post, it’s this.
What are you grateful for? It can be as simple as the coffee you had today.
The easiest way to make this a habit is to get a gratitude journal.
2️⃣ Workout 🏋️♀️- strengthen your body. Lift weights, run, walk, dance - whatever you will do consistently. Make this a habit and a promise to yourself. Side effects of working out and making fitness a priority include:
💪🏽More muscle
🧠Mental Clarity
😊Confidence
🔥Feeling Bada**
3️⃣ Eat well 🥥- eat whole foods that give you energy, mental clarity and have you feeling your best. Prioritize protein, veggies & healthy fats.
The foods you eat have a direct effect on how you feel, your energy and your mental clarity. Brain fog is real. I experienced it for years. As a Group Fitness Instructor & Personal Trainer for over 15 years, I studied and experimented with just about every single diet out there.
And then I found the one where I experienced zero bloating, my intense hunger disappeared (I’m a recovering emotional eater), I had energy all day long and my brain fog disappeared.
This one deserves it’s own blog post and if you want to know more, I’ll be sharing more about this in the coming weeks so you can ditch dieting forever!
4️⃣ Master Your Mindset 💭. Your thoughts are your gateway to your future. What you think, what you feel internally, what you tell yourself is what you experience in this life.
I learned that once I made gratitude, working out and eating the right foods a habit, mastering my thoughts came easier.
Step 1️⃣ is observing
🗣What do you say to yourself when you look in the mirror?
🧠What thoughts do you have about your life, your situation, and the things you want?
For almost my entire life I thought I was overweight. I believe that most struggle with body image and that struggle is VERY real. It stemmed from comments made to me when I was about 11 or 12.
I carried this around with me and it felt like a 100 pound weight.
It consumed so much of my brain space and energy. And even when I was incredibly lean, when I looked in the mirror, I couldn’t see it.
At that time, my inner dialogue and thoughts told me that I was still overweight. I was on autopilot… not even knowing I was doing this.
Step one in changing this is first becoming aware…
Once you become aware, you can dig in more and work on changing your thoughts.
Your inner critic can be a real a**hole. And usually tells you lots of lies… She/he creeps in telling you, hey, you don’t deserve that, or you can’t do that, or you are not enough.
Lies… it’s all lies.
When you master your thoughts, your entire reality will change. And the easiest way to start mastering your thoughts is meditation. Start with a 10 minute guided meditation.
The REAL Secret…
I know you are feeling all fired up and ready to do everything I just shared! But here’s the real secret. Start small. You cannot create lasting habits by doing all the things and completely changing everything all at once.
This is a JOURNEY. This is not about the end goal. Yes, it is amazing when you get there, but that’s not where the magic is. The magic is in your journey. The steps you take. The challenges you face and the things you learn from them. The growth you experience trying new things, and having new perspectives.
So why am I telling you this? Because nobody else does.
START SMALL.
The 4 powerful habits: Gratitude, working out, your diet & mindset each have it's own journey. Please do not rush this. This is not a quick fix. Your life is not a ‘quick fix’. It’s a journey and if you so choose it’s going to be the best thing you’ll ever do for yourself.
You are creating habits and habits take time. Start with one of the 4 Powerful Practices. Let that become a habit and then start the next one and so on. I’ve listed them in the order that will Uncage Your Life!
Gratitude is the foundation and a habit you can create in just 5 mins a day! Get your copy of the MOST POWERFUL GRATITUDE JOURNAL HERE & uplevel your life in 2024! Let’s GO!
Love & Light,
Heather Alice-Marie
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Which of these powerful practices are you starting with? Meet me in the comments!
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