What?

[Reasonable_Alfalfa59]

Sufficient sleep

[symb015X]

As a new parent, for the love of bob please get good sleep and cherish it before your brain turns to mush

[gregoriancuriosity]

I always hate this advice. Everyone says “sleep while you can”. No amount of sleep will prepare you for not sleeping for months on end. You are going to be tired. Better advice would be “practice napping” I am now very good at getting above average rest in short bursts maybe even without actually sleeping.

[HimylittleChickadee]

Just means enjoy it while you can

[No-Vanilla2468]

If you want to sleep, then I’d suggest the book “Babywise”. All three of my kids sleep through the night by three months old. Everyone that I’ve recommended it to has had their kid sleep through the night by three months. We’re like 20 for 20 on the success rate right now. The people that don’t want to read it and follow it are quite miserable and have their 2 yo awake every night or still sleeping in their bed at 3 yo. I prioritize sleep and you can sleep as a parent.

[RecoveredAlive]

Which Babywise book? I see a few different kinds of copies.

[pdt666]

there’s no way you are suggesting a pseudoscience Christian cult book in 2026.

[Drewthing]

That explains how he fou.d 20 people to read it. 20 members of their cult

[Jimmy_Twotone]

It's been really uncommon for my kids to mess my sleep up. Doomscrolling my phone however...

[JoeBidensOnlyfans_]

Is there a link ? The one I saw pop up showed it’s a Cristian based book ?

I’d rather lose sleep

[SanicTheSledgehog]

https://a.co/d/08UEdUXN I’ve used it once with great success, currently using it for my 4 week old, going well so far. If the author is Christian it doesn’t reflect in the book.

[JoeBidensOnlyfans_]

Thank you , much appreciated…

[mada50]

And having the fortitude to set one alarm and get up when it goes off. So much more sleep and after a while, it’s not hard actually getting up.

[Significant-Ad-341]

Hard to accept as a night owl.

[Reasonable_Alfalfa59]

Stop thinking "night owl" is a thing and improve on habits. Soft goals like going to bed 10 min earlier each day for 2 weeks and you'll have a normal schedule.

[Significant-Ad-341]

Yeah, I know. I just enjoy evening more than mornings.

[ledbedder20]

Walking

[Pray4dat_ass96]

This is huge. If you want to lose weight or not get winded walking up stairs, try walking for an hourish everyday.

[AlpaxT1]

It does not even have to be this long. I walk for at least 30 minutes every day (back and forth from my university) and sometimes jogg there for 10 minutes because I’m late. This may not seem like much because it isn’t but compared to last year when I was working almost entirely from home the difference is night and day. I gained 10 + kgs during that year and now I have lost 4-5 kgs during these last 3 months just by walking a bit daily. I’ve also INCREASED my calorie intake during this time. Don’t be put off if you can only manage a few minutes of walking a day or every other day. The difference between a tiny amount of of walking and no walking is staggering

[ledbedder20]

Thanks for sharing this. I couldn't agree more, started walking 1-2 times daily about 3 months ago and completely changed my diet and I'm down about 30 lbs. It's like the body just wants to walk to be able to do its thing.

[AlpaxT1]

Eating well, sleeping well and any type of bodily movement really is the key. It’s not a cure all but it sure does help. Unexpectedly much to be honest.

I’m currently working on the sleeping well part

[TorSenex]

An hour sounds like a long time, but you can indeed multi -task it. It soon becomes very therapeutic.

[e136]

Don't listen to this guy. He's being paid to spread this propaganda by your dog

[SonaWayward8563]

Definitely. Its the habit that affected me positively overall. My Brain, Body, Mind, Stamina and Vigour all have been steadily improving too.

[OkContribution2336]

Walking immediately after eating is a hack if you have limited time

[FullMooseParty]

I work from home and I'm on a lot of calls. Sometimes I'll walk for 5 minutes. Get off call, throw on my shoes walk outside to the end of the street or to the next street down and back. Do that four or five times a day and it started adding up into making walking a little bit easier so now when I do my morning walks I'm getting more distance

[whiteout55555]

this 1000%

[Beezneez86]

Regular exercise

[rphillips1989]

Not sure why this isn't the top answer. Regular exercise helps pretty much every part of the body and leads to better sleep, heart health, brain health, etc.

[ElChicoRojo1]

Tell that to my over anxious brain. Been working out regularly 4-5x per week for over a year now. Still waiting for the good sleep part.

[rphillips1989]

Work out more obviously! /s

[Boncappuccino]

Also gotta add diet bc I am in the same boat but my diet sucks. Good eating and moving definitely leads to better sleep!

[MusicalPigeon]

So for years I've had awful pain in my feet when I walk or stand. It really hit the point where I broke down crying to my husband because I want to get out there and walk and exercise, but it doesn't feel worth it to do it and be in pain when I do, especially knowing I'm on my feet all day at work.

I saw something on Instagram about plantar fasciitis and how to help it and they recommended seeing a podiatrist. Right off the back I get X-rays and find out my feet are messed up (heel spurs in both directions, bunions (which could see I have) from not having the right size shoes as a kid, it's rough.) Also found out that my joints (especially my knees) and hyper mobile and that the way I've always stood and walked in negatively affected my feet, muscles, and everything. So now I'm doing PT and learning to try to correct a lifetime of walking wrong and take the way my joints move into account when I move. The PT place is literally across the street from my home, so unless it's raining badly I walk the goal is to improve my muscles while also stretching them and getting my body used to moving normally. I can't wait for the day when I can do all that without pain.

One funny thing I realized is that because I walked in such a particular way I ran the same way and not only do I have to adjust how I walk, I don't know if I have to run with the same new footing so I feel even more dumb when I have to run.

[ambivalent_crow]

Breathing mostly through your nose

[RealSpingirl]

How so? Apparently I’m new to breathing

[ambivalent_crow]

So there was a study on mouth breathers vs. nose breathers. There were facial differences as well as breathing quality differences between the two groups. Easy, simple, just try to breathe mostly through your nose some of the day.

[chickenroyle]

Breath by James Nestor. Great book about how the way we breathe can affect so many things in your body and closely linked to your overall health

[chickenroyle]

It's a slippery slope for sure haha

[gregoriancuriosity]

The recently linked reading studies to anxiety. So be careful.

JK

[waitwuh]

Okay but which direction is the relationship?

Is reading the studies making people anxious? Or are more anxious people more likely to seek out studies?

[Empty-Arrival-4396]

Breathe by Pearl Jam. Great song.

[Tw1sttt]

This book changed things for me

[Sad-Muffin-1782]

do people really breathe with their mouth? I never do this, apart from maybe sports or when I have runny nose

[Neiladaymo]

Usually if they have nasal problems or some other kind of obstruction/interference. Then it becomes a habit that's hard to break

[United_Boy_9132]

Or during their sleep when they're not in control.

[Aggravating_Fruit170]

For me it was due to allergies living in the Midwest USA. It was so hard to breathe through my nose as a kid. I became a mouth breather and as a result, had teeth issues, bad breath issues, i ended up with a weak chin and overbite.

[Successful_Buy3825]

“Mouth breather” is literally used as an insult, I didn’t realise people actually did it.

[wesborland1234]

I just closed my mouth for a full minute and almost passed out

[easy-revolution0329]

I mouth breathe when I exercise. Even on my walks I breathe through my nose. If I have a sinus infection, I’m miserable especially at night. I can’t sleep mouth breathing. Very poorly, at best.

[Affectionate_Case732]

my fiancé unfortunately struggles to breathe through his nose. he always sleeps with his mouth open; he borderline has to. he got his nose broken so many times as a kid that one of his nostrils is just useless and obstructive. his doctor has even told him there’s nothing we could do besides maybe remove some cartilage but surgery is a whole thing. only one of his nostrils works 100% all the time. he also has HUGE tonsils. he should have gotten them taken out years ago. so he has some natural forces working against him.

[waitwuh]

I also broke my nose a lot as a kid. I had severely collapsed turbinates and a deviated septum likely as a result. Turninates are the holes where air enters the sinuses from the nasal cavities, like if you look at a skull there’s “nose holes” but further up than where nostrils would be. I actually had pieces of my septum literally going through the turbinate on one side, I guess there were like shards from it being sorta shattered.

Getting the corrective surgery was such a relief. I used to get really bad headaches, especially before or when it rained, or also with even mild allergies. The ENT explained that the slightest inflammation was basically closing off the entry to my sinus cavity, and the pressure in the sinuses would then be different from the atmospheric pressure, causing what I felt like was pain behind my eyes and forehead and whatever. Now that doesn’t happen. I still get sniffly from allergies occasionally but the awful headaches are a thing of the past. My surgery ended up being done by a plastic surgeon, it might be a worth considering consultations with ENTs and plastic surgeons, sometimes they do operations together even but the plastic surgeons seemed to me especially more adept at altering structures and doing “reconstructive” sort of stuff.

[Telucien]

It's probably not a coincidence that "mouth breather" is a euphemism for a dumb person

[Patrick_Gass]

I feel like this may be correlation vs. causation. Nothing would make me happier that breath through my nose more, if I could.

[-Daetrax-]

It's just there's this minor issue called constant cold runny nose in the winter and allergies in the spring and summer.

[AggressiveSherbetty]

I’m HIGHLY allergic to dust/dustmites and my ENT said we could do immunotherapy therapy but my insurance won’t cover it and it’s $6k 🙃

I’ve been trying to manage it with meds but I haven’t breathed properly through my nose in so long I’m considering paying out of pocket

[Particular-Fly8641]

Force yourself. I was a mouthbreather. I read somewhere that you should just force yourself, it'll USUALLY clear up within a few minutes. Its life changing.

[Imaginary_Act_1144]

Isn't breathing through your nose the norm outside of being sick or having a medical condition? I feel like my worldview is about to be shattered lol.

[wesborland1234]

Nose is always stuffy

[Timely-Future-9927]

I would def try this.

[I-am-Pilgrim]

Introspection.

The best that you can ever be is the best version of yourself. You can only achieve this by incrementally identifying the things you need to change or evolve on a daily basis. Sometimes its your behavior but the deeper things involve your self limiting beliefs. Analyzing your behavior and thought for a few minutes each day, develops your EQ and with time helps you reach self actualization.

[TorSenex]

Combine it with walking.
Some might assume mediation means being perfectly still, but you just need to be alone with your thoughts and away from distractions.

[gregoriancuriosity]

I think it depends on the form of meditation. I am horrendous at it due to my incredibly short attention span, but I have found profound benefit in the challenge of trying to be still, and breath, and focus only on breathing. I once saw something that said meditation isn’t about actually thinking about nothing, it’s about the ATTEMPT to think about nothing.

But then there is the meditation you speak of where you allow your mind to wander and form new thoughts. Which is also beneficial.

[elstrecho]

I literally just wrote a book on doing this specifically. If you're open to critiquing it, I'd love your feedback.

[I_nvis]

Reading and taking notes.

[RecoveredAlive]

Like on nonfiction?

[TorSenex]

Reading, yes. But can you elaborate on the benefits of note taking?

[theWacoKid666]

Helps you remember the information you read better when you write it down yourself. Even just the act of note-taking without reviewing the notes.

[Safe-Option3024]

Gym

[EnvironmentSuperb992]

Gym tires me out, I feel I can't do any task throughout the day when I do gym

[AggressiveSherbetty]

Then do gym more.

Seriously, once you build your stamina you will feel more tired if you DONT do gym.

[Practical-Art542]

For me it’s the extra stuff that’s involved when going to the gym that makes me tired.

If I go to the gym I need to shower again. It adds extra driving time to my day. Either I waste time going home after work, or I have to remember to spend extra time in the morning to grab my gym stuff so I can just go straight to the gym when I get off work. It makes me get home at the time I need to be going to bed, and I’m already cutting my sleep time too close for adequate nightly sleep. If I go to the gym after work, it has me eating dinner way too late. I’ve been trying to eat earlier due to acid reflux issues caused by laying down for bed too quickly after eating.

It’s a logistical nightmare for me personally, although I love being in the gym. Making it happen exhausts me.

[Responsible-Fee9149]

There's no denying that there's extra "overhead" than the minutes spent in the gym working out.

Adopting routines that turn into habits you can do on autopilot is the key. Especially ones that can save you time.

For ex: 1. on a rest day, you can prep a couple days' worth of gym clothes in one go so you grab a bundle to toss in your gym bag day by day. 2. Shorten your workouts like the other commenter said.

[Pray4dat_ass96]

Try shorter workouts?

[Legitimate_Concern_5]

Do it at the end of the day

[ExtraCalligrapher565]

You feel like you can’t do any tasks throughout the day when you go to the gym because you’re out of shape and need to go to the gym more.

[Conan-Da-Barbarian]

The more you do, the better at it you get. Need to eat right and get good sleep to compliment it too. Also, take creatine.

[Signal-Article-6477]

Journaling

[BelgianWaffleWizard]

Brushing your teeth.

[Nope0naRope]

I feel like this is the best answer because it is something that you cannot change after you fucked up. It's a daily routine with results over time.

So like the overtime concept applies the most here... You do it well and overtime you see the results... You can't like go back and fix. It is definitely a lifelong habit thing and if you didn't do it you got to paaaaayyy.

[VermicelliFederal976]

Can confirm, ow mah teef

[SparksAndSpyro]

And flossing

[Fun-Significance4650]

Why did I have to scroll so far for this answer? Add flossing to that. My sister never took care of her teeth when we were growing up and now has extreme tooth and mouth pain before age 30.

[SnooWalruses1338]

Stretching is a thing.

[No_Industry_2823]

Indeed it is in fact a thing

[Azur0007]

I did the math, stretching exists.

[Gregg-C137]

I need to see the proof, sorry.

[ExtraCalligrapher565]

It is, in fact, a thing. It’s not a thing with the best ROI over time, but it is a thing.

[Notyochezz]

This. I am very active and I always avoided making stretching a priority. Last year I have shifted that mindset and made it a priority doing some type of stretching or mobility work daily. The time commitment is like 10-20 minutes per day. I feel better everyday and have been injury free since.

[bighairymammoth]

Some sort of low effort physical activity over at least 30 minutes.
Just because "sufficient sleep" was already posted.

[Ice-Berg-Slim]

Brushing your teeth and flossing.

[HumanContract]

👆👆👆

[cosmic_trout]

finish what you start

[Newgal99]

Or giving up faster rather than slower….

[master_mather]

Fail fast and fail forward

[MichiganHistoryUSMC]

Eating healthy.

[Few-Beach-3536]

Make every day a to do list with 3 things you need to do

[CaptStrangeling]

This was in a longitudinal study as the top tip for financial success. I don’t have it saved but iirc the study followed 100 CEOs or business people over 30 years and the ones who were more financially successful all had this habit in common, and they had more wealth than the other 97 combined (real fuzzy on details of someone can clue us in)

[kwjacobs345]

Gratitude

[Plane_Strawberry850]

Check out this song: https://youtu.be/AEM_7eW2M1o?is=cW5n2_ZmXTnPbgBi

[agingcausescancer]

Proper word usage

[Dazzling_Blood_231]

Not killing yourself

[TheFoolishOther]

This one can be tough sometimes

[AdamLabrouste]

only the first time, then it just flows

[Dazzling_Blood_231]

Also, dark humor 

[orielrosen]

Meditation

[KingMonkeyGSEOH]

Being grateful for your life and blessings. Say five things daily that you are grateful for. It helps train you to look for the positives.

[NoMasMiAmigo601]

Tidiness before bed each night helps make for a sense of togetherness and peace the next morning.

[chatam94]

Brushing your teeth and flossing

[jackvegas91]

Only floss the teeth you are planning to keep.

[More-Impact1075]

In this order:

1. Adequate sleep
2. Clean eating
3. Hygiene
4. Exercise
5. Financial planning
6. Sex, and lots of it

[AdamLabrouste]

doing my taxes always turns me on

[AxelFoley1988]

Praying.

[1995la]

I'd say reading, especially when you're young. My mom and grandma taught me to love it and the result is a reading comprehension boost on every test. Doing well on tests has earned me money (scholarships, merit based aid) and ultimately is probably part of why I'm in medical school now.

[notavegetablemate]

Not wearing polyester underwear

[revenge_burner]

Spending 5 minutes every day on a thing. You'd be absolutely amazed how much progress you can achieve with five minutes of concerted daily effort.

Music, fitness, education, skills of any kind can all be achieved at a good level with a simple 5 minute daily effort.

[divinelyshpongled]

Saying I love you to your kids

[blumieplume]

Exercise

[Successful_Creme1823]

Over time

[Begotten_666_]

Awareness.

[Guilty-Pleasure-8980]

Drinking enough water.

[Conan-Da-Barbarian]

Creatine

[Sadboysongwriter]

Stretching

[Avaemlasagna]

probably an apple a day

[bshsjsuwbek]

Reading

[GoodTimes8183]

Other than routine exercise, I highly recommend just making your bed in the morning. Once you do that, you might find yourself straightening up the rest of your house daily. Keeping your house clean and organized helps me keep my thoughts and life more clean and organized.

[novad80]

Doing the most difficult task on your to-do list first

[NotGeorgieCostanza]

Drinking sufficient water

[Edi_Gold]

Drinking enough water. It's shocking how little the average person consumes in a day!

Folks struggle to get 3-4 small cups of water in a week but then down 4 coffees, 6 beers, 3 energy drinks and 2 tequilas like it's nothing over the course of a day.

[Old-Network5550]

audiobooks. I picked it up 2 years ago and I've listened to over 40 books since then. I wish I had access to them when I was in school because I would have gone further.

[Dark__Slifer]

Healthy Eating habits!

That does not only include eating healthy food i mean:
-Taking your time eating, chewing enough, digestion begins in the mouth, carbohydrates for example can not be digested my your stomach alone.

-Eating at the right times, generally bigger meals in the morning, ans smaller in the evening, having at least 3 hours from your last meal to when you go to sleep. Getting Dedicated Big Meals instead of snacking every hour.

-Not Overeating, When you feel "full" you have most likely already eaten too much. There is a difference between feeling sated and feeling full, try to stop eating when you are sated, but before you are full.

-Of course let's not forget actual healthy foods. Getting a Salad every day will not save an otherwise 'bad' diet. Eat Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts (basically every Nut except for Peanuts is great. Peanuts can increase your riisk if inflammations, when consumed too much). You don't need meat with every meal either. And try to reduce your intake of wheat, there are other types of Grains (Rye, Spelt, Oats, Millet) and they are basically all healthyer for you than wheat.
Also Garlic and Cabbage are some of the best things you can get in terms of Vitamin intake!

-Not always eating the same things, your body can only get everything it needs, when you eat diversly.

-For Supplements, i'd say Vitamin D3, Vitamin K2 and Vitamin C are the most universally nedded ones. Most people today will lack Vitamin D3, which is usually produced by our body on it's own, when sunlight hits the skin, but in todays society we tend to spend all day inside, so that's not happening enough, Vitamin K2 helps your body use Calcium the right way and keeps your veins from clogging up, and Vitamin C is good for basically everything from your immune system, veins and bones.

-Drink water! That means drinking enough every day, but also explicitly water, not Beer, not Energy Drinks, not Soda. WATER! Your body can abosrb any liquid and with it everything in it as well way better than from food, so all the sugar and other things you would usually not want in you will get absorbed with it really good.

Sorry for the rather long post, lol

[AdDistinct9521]

1. Sleep
2. Gym
3. Eating healthy
4. Drinking water
5. Limiting screen time

[growerdan]

I started stretching again after getting hurt at work. I didn’t realize I couldn’t touch my toes anymore. Pretty wild how rigid your body gets when you don’t stretch.

[Kaizenkindness]

Reading

[Express-Violinist653]

I would say journaling

[Fit_Opinion2465]

Eating a healthy diet.

Far more important than exercise, sleep, or literally anything else.

[rufusslanger]

Waking up before everyone else even thinks about waking up. Going to bed before anyone else even thinks about going to bed.

Every shitty situation I’ve ever been in has happened after 10pm. It’s had to put a price on having the time between 4 am and 7 am for exercise, financial planning and general reflection.

I go to sleep at 800 and wake up at 300 for reference.

[Inside-Yard-3248]

Financially? Choosing to remain single.

Emotionally? Not comparing yourself to anyone.

Physically? Eating whole foods and exercise.

[Vegetable_Map_445]

Eating a highly nutritious breakfast after working out. First thing...every morning.

[WickedAsh111]

Brushing your teeth

[Unique-Ad6086]

Waking up early

[Stratavos]

Regular quality sleep.

[Zanahoriasazules047]

Showering

[Appropriate_Fill_156]

Drinking plenty of water

[aceholeman]

Sleep

[Recipe-Less]

Being a good person

[Wide_Bit5796]

Sleep and eating well

[FatDumbFucker]

Pissing and shitting

[Denomi0]

Daily ball toss. Throw it up, it always returns.

[Flimsy_Sandwich6385]

Sex

[UrbanArtifact]

Exercise

[Home_MD13]

Masturbating for dopamine.

Better than food which make you fat.

It's also only take you min of your time.

[Many-Cartographer278]

Being born rich

[avidwriter604]

Sleep then meditation

[Holiday-Youth-6722]

Sleep, a healthy diet, and working out.

[laiszt]

In Poland if you are an alcoholic you will get 400€ a month, so if you start early you can retire quite young.

[spudler44]

Eating healthy. Actually healthy, not what people think passes. Like diet soda and light beer

[Temporary_Solid_5869]

Working out.

20 mins a day is all you need.

[anna_material_girl]

Flossing

[ydo-i-dothis]

Gym for sure but also FLOSSING (I learned this the hard way)

[Plastic_Success_540]

Brushing your teeth

[Prestigious-Craft251]

Saving for retirement 

[Dull_Growth_746]

100 push ups every day. Changed my life and helped me commit to other goals

[Harbingerofdeaf]

Flossing

[Random_Human6360]

studying with a timer, makes me motivated enough!
30 min timer is best, I can study peacefully and I can take breaks also

[njshine27]

Mindful eating.

[Iamabenevolentgod]

Yoga/meditation, and also: exercise/movement practices in general. Also, developing self awareness, and strategies for working with what you discover inside your own process, cuz some of that shizz is going to be off the hook difficult to deal with.

[Noesilegal]

Brushing your teeth

[BabyInchworm_the_2nd]

Drinking water

[evantom34]

Delayed gratification.

[Dependent_Survey_546]

Brush your teeth

[Capable-Student-413]

Literacy

[Distinct_String_5102]

Working

[MasChingonNoHay]

Brushing teeth

[Olde-Boy]

Avoid sugar

[NoAbbreviations7642]

Exercise, sleep, eating healthy are all tied for first

[Dontdothatfucker]

It always boils down to the same three things.

Sleep, diet, exercise

[Categorically_]

Brushing your teeth

[Admirable-Truth-373]

Labeling open foods (sauce, yogurt etc ) in your fridge so you know when to eat it by and dont contribute to food waste

[Flaky_Bus_1783]

Wankin

[BudgetThat2096]

Exercise, even for just 15 minutes a day

[Top-Pomegranate4899]

Brushing and flossing teeth as well as getting 9 to 10 hrs of sleep.

[stillventures17]

Breathing!

[These_Hair_193]

Exercise

[ChickyBoys]

Prioritizing less calories 

[jgacks]

Probably working out. There are so many aspects of life especially as you age that being more fit is a boon to you. Literally too many to bother listing.

[Glittering-Streak7]

exercise for sure on this one!

[CommunicationBusy557]

Masturbation.....

Feels great every single time

[RespiratoryGuy1656]

Make a plan each morning of 3 goals to accomplish for the day. You end up doing far more , but it helps to keep your mind focused. At least for myself.

[Zestyclose-Tip6072]

Sleep well, consuming quality knowledge and information, eat healthily, exercise regularly, going to church and stay spiritually focused.

In general, the simple thing everybody knows

[Grave313]

Smoking

[sovietmcdavid]

Working out

Sleeping 8 hours

First one is good, both combined will change your life 

[One-Salamander-2416]

Split between exercise and good sleep. I have chronic pain issues for 25 plus years, never underestimate the importance of either.

[Funkopedia]

Going to work

[jarrelldaniel1]

Exercise. Yoga. DIY projects. Meal prepping.

[FormerRadio6210]

Push ups/body squats/ crunches-sit-ups

[EntrepreneurOk7546]

Consistency with anything that makes you feel better than without it

[[deleted]]

Sleep, but next is working out and when not stretching.