I was recently diagnosed with a serious illness called a lupus. I’m not the most graceful person, but I was recently diagnosed with this type of lupus and while I still have some of the symptoms, I have now adapted to them. I’m still a mess, but I have found that I really like making a few changes in my routine.
I’m a little embarrassed to admit that I had never even considered having a routine until I was diagnosed, but the first thing I did after I was diagnosed was to change my routine. I’m not a morning person, and I do not wake up at the same time each day. I have made a point of waking up earlier than most people, so I can get some things done and still have my morning exercise time.
I have also changed my routine so that I wake up at the same time each day. I have also made sure that my exercise time is not just the same each day but is consistent with the other activities that I am currently doing.
You can’t fix your habits once they are ingrained in your life. You can, however, change your habits so that they become habitual. We were able to change a habit, like a set routine, for example, by first making a conscious decision to make it a habit. Once a habit is established, you can modify it if you want but it will take a conscious effort to do so.
I also like to run and exercise because it is a mental habit. I don’t look at it as a physical activity, but as a mental one. I like to focus my mind on something while I am doing a physical action. I also like to read because reading is a mental habit as well. Reading is a great way to stay mindful without having to think about it constantly.
I want to make a habit of not looking at my phone more than once an hour. I use to do it every 30 seconds, but my wife says that once I get a habit going, it will be constant. When I first started using the app, I had to look at my phone almost every 1.5 seconds. I have since gotten over that habit and have my phone only look at me once every 30 seconds.
If you’re looking for a way to stay mindful without constant distraction, you might want to check out the new “clinical scenario” app by New York Times best-selling authors Jeffery Kaplan and Adam Dostie. It’s basically a reading-related game for when you’re looking for a good book to read. It’s a game for reading a book, but it’s also a game for mindfulness.
The app doesn’t just look at your phone, it also looks at your eyes. Its a game that you play with eye movement and eye contact. The app is free for iOS and Android users and will also be available for Windows Phone 7.0. It looks like the app is designed to remind you to practice eye contact and eye movement by using the visual cues of your face and eye to cue you to look at the characters in your reading/game.
Eye contact and eye movement is a part of it, but its also something that we can all do to help ourselves. If you’re reading this right now, you probably already know that you have the ability to blink your eyes to reduce your reliance on your eyes and thereby improve your focus. If you have a hard time looking at your screen, try your eyes first before your phone and other devices. Or try it in the shower.
And if your eyes are not the worst, try blinking your eyes while you’re reading. It worked for me, so I’m going to assume that you have the ability to do it as well. And if you do, there are many methods of doing it that will make your eyes look like they’re having trouble focusing. You can try the method here.