Yet complaining all the time can also be counterproductive. We all know those people who complain all the time, yet do nothing about improving their situation. You tell them: “Well, you have this and that problem, but you could do this and that in order to solve that problem.”

This advice seems to fall on deaf ears. They go on complaining and doing nothing about it. On the other hand, there are those people, who have the same problem, yet they are pro-active and start doing things in order to solve those problems.

Do you find yourself complaining a lot about different problems? Try to think about what things you complain about and why you complain about them.

Complaining is a negative attitude. Instead of being negative all the time, try to do the opposite thing and be positive. Instead of thinking of everything that is going wrong, try think of ways it can go right. How can you turn it around? What can you do to improve the situation? Don’t come with problems, but instead come with solutions.

If you have a problem, then you need to do something about it. Think of ways that you can improve. What types of steps can you take to solve the problem?

There are different steps that you can take in order to turn from a serial complainer to a serial improver.

1) Identify the problem

2) Think of reasons of why you have that problem

3) Think of ways that you can solve the problem

4) Set some goals and a course of action

5) Execute and keep on executing

This is all of course easier said than done. Yet it is something essential for any person to do if they want to be happy in life. You cannot go on complaining in life. You need to take life in your own hands and try to fight the obstacles that come in your way.

Unfortunately we are not all born with silver spoons in our mouths and so there are many things that are wrong with our lives. Some of these are caused by outside forces, but you need to be able to take responsibility and take matters into your own hands. You need to change what can be changed.

If you are a skinny dude, then gain some weight. If you are a fat guy, then stop downing those Big Macs and instead head into the gym and start lifting weights and doing cardio. There are always things that you can do that can improve your lot in life. You just need to do them.

Take responsibility for your own reality! If you don’t, no one else will.

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Unfortunately, our lifestyle has become a sitting lifestyle and with this a big set of problems arises. There are many negative effects on our health that stem from this. People in today’s society move a lot less than people of previous generations and this is one of the main reasons why many people are fat, sick and have bad postures. If the only thing you do all day is sit and do absolutely no movement, you will most likely get fat. Even if you don’t get fat, the fact that you spend your entire day hunched over in front of the computer or the television, will result in bad posture. Bad posture then will precipitate all kinds of other problems, for example chronic back pain or mobility problems. Once you get these problems, more and more will keep on piling up and you will end up feeling more and more pain and also look worse. That’s why it is important that you sit less and stand and walk around more.

Old Habit: Sitting all the time and everywhere

I have the bad habit of always trying to sit down everywhere. Whenever I am somewhere (for example when I get on the metro or other places), I always look for a place to sit down. Even if I have been sitting down all day, I still feel naturally tired when I get up. My legs hurt and my mind automatically wants to sit down. It’s both a physical and mental problem. For example, I was on the metro the other day. When I entered the metro train, there were no places to sit, so I had to stay standing up. Automatically my legs started hurting and I was mentally scanning for places to sit. Many people do this without even realizing it. They do it automatically. Without even thinking, they just try to sit all the time.

New Habit: Try to stand or walk around whenever you can

So I was in the metro, standing in the aisle, my hand holding one of the rails. The metro got to one of the central stations where many people get off and on. As usually happens at this station, most of the people got up and exited. So now there were a lot of places that I could sit down at. However I forced myself to remain standing up. It took quite the effort to do that. Since as I was standing, I started feeling more and more tired and my legs started hurting more and more. I don’t know why I felt so tired, since I had just recently woken up from my sleep and had spent the previous few hours lying down. I think my body is so used to sitting down, that it craves it. This time, instead of giving up to this craving, I remained standing. Amazingly, after a while the feeling of tiredness went away and so did the leg pain.

You should do the same. Whenever you don’t have to sit, then don’t sit. Try to remain standing up. Even if your job is largely sedentary, get up from time to time and go for a walk. You will feel better and your body will get stronger. At first it might feel unnatural to remain standing when you can be sitting down, but after a while of doing this constantly, your body will get used to it. You will have formed a new beneficial habit!

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You grow when you sleep. During the night your body releases certain hormones, such as the growth hormone, which allows your body to grow bigger. So getting a proper sleep is very important if you want to gain weight and lean muscles. Actually it is very important for any type of goal to do with health.

However unfortunately most people don’t realize how important sleeping is. Instead they go to sleep at 1 am or even 2 am after midnight and then wake up early in the morning to go to work. Then during the day they feel tired and sleepy. This needs to change.

Old Habit: Going to sleep after midnight

How late do you go to sleep? If you are like the majority of people, you probably don’t pay too much attention to when you go to sleep. Most people end up going to sleep after midnight. They watch tv, play on their computers or do anything else besides sleeping. So often you go to sleep a long time after midnight.

New Habit: Go to sleep 2 hours before midnight

You need to change when you go to sleep. Start off slow. First push your time for going to sleep to midnight. An hour before going to sleep stop watching tv, playing on your computer or doing anything that can stimulate your mind too much. You should be feeling comfortable and at ease. Maybe read a light novel or something.

After a month, push your time of going to sleep to 11pm. And then after two months to 10pm. After all this time, you will have formed a new beneficial habit: going to sleep earlier.

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