25 Things You Can Do To Help You Become Better at Life

11. What gets measured gets done

Want to lose weight? Set a goal, and weigh in weekly. Want to learn french? Download Duolingo and use it once every day. Want to save up money? Set a goal, a specific savings account/piggy bank/whatever and check the contents monthly.

Seeing your progress is encouraging. It builds habits.

-eternal8phoenix

12. You create “you”.

You don’t “discover” yourself. You create yourself. Do something every day that abets that.

-SniperAtTheGatesODawn

13. “Write your own script”

Stephen Covey has a way of saying this as “write your own script” – the easy and lazy way to handle shortcomings is to say “I am what/who I am because X”. The responsible and ‘independent’ mindset is to accept who you are, then change it.

-quixote87

14. People judge themselves by their intentions but judge each other by their actions

Once you really get your head around this it’s hard to ever be mad at anyone again. It made me a much more peaceful person than I used to be.

-Art3sian

15. For better sleep, take vitamin D

Holy f**k, sleep feels great!

-Dr1nKy_

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Clare Whitfield Chief Editor

Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney, she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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