Your Guide to Building Healthy Routines and Maintaining It

Maintaining a healthy routine takes a lot of practice and positive reinforcements on a daily basis. In order to achieve a goal, may it be introducing a new skincare routine, or learning a new set of skills, disciplining oneself into achieving these personal goals requires effort and regular perseverance.

Introduce these little changes into your morning routine to better wire your brain into remembering the importance of building and maintaining healthy routines:

Drinking Water

It's easy to understand the temptation of reaching out for a cup of coffee first thing in the morning. But it is important to comprehend, that your body needs to rehydrate in the morning to maintain overall hydration levels in your cells. Scientists have long explored the association between water and healthy complexion. Along with your skin your entire physical health needs and depends on the right amount of hydration.

Practice Mindfulness

Mindfulness is half of your overall health. No routines can be made or maintained unless an intention is made to keep it. Without realizing the magnitude of your changes and diving right into it, often becomes the reason why we get off of it.  

Physical Exercise 

Lazing in bed scrolling through Instagram is the easiest way to start the morning but over time the constant bombardment of social media content first thing in the morning can become toxic and have a direct impact on your mood through out the day. A better way to start your day would be to workout for 10-15 minutes at least. which would stimulate blood circulation to your brain and keeping your body active and ready to meet the day. 

Eat a Satisfying Meal

We’ve all heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, however only a few of us incorporate a healthy breakfast in our busy lives, most of us are chewing granola bars on our way to work.  Consuming a high-nutrient meal of your choice is not only good for your physical health but can also improve your mood. Research shows that eating a healthy breakfast can increase productivity, minimize cravings, and help with better self-control. A protein-rich breakfast or high-fiber carbohydrates such as oatmeal, fruit, eggs, avocado, flax seed, spinach, and nut butters for breakfast can help maintain your overall health and energy levels. If you can’t face cooking in the morning, try meal prep the day or night before.

Start your daily skincare regime

Jumping right out to your make up can strip your skin off it's nutrition and hydration levels. Choose Skincare products that fit your skin type. Use them on a daily basis to build a habit. The right products is the first step to building the best skincare routine. Cleanse away any products you have on your skin the night before, put on your moisturizer and SPF protection. If your skin is ready to meet the day, so are you!

Give some time to your hobbies

May it be reading or watering your plants, spending some time doing things you enjoy releases dopamine which might act as a positive reinforcement and something to look forward to in the morning.