No regular Friday post this week because I’m traveling. There will be a new post on Friday, September 18.
No Weight Loss Wednesday This Week
No Weight Loss Wednesday this week because I’m traveling. There will be a new WLW on September 16.
13 Incredibly Easy Ways to Improve Your Finances
Incredibly Easy Ways to Improve Your Finances continues the series on Incredibly Easy Ways to Improve Your Life.
See here for what this series is about, and scroll to the bottom or click here for a list of other entries in the series. Also see the end of the post for details on submitting your own incredibly easy life-improvements.
Note: Some links here are affiliate links, meaning I get a small commission when you purchase them, at no additional charge to you. I only suggest things I honestly believe in.
Incredibly Easy Ways to Improve Your Finances
A lot of people are struggling financially now. And no matter how you’re doing, everyone would prefer to improve their finances.
A lot of ways to improve your finances are hard.
You could earn more money by getting a better job or working more hours.
You could save money by setting a budget or sacrificing the things you love.… Read more
Who’s to Blame For Your Weight? (Weight Loss Wednesday)
Nobody is, but only you can improve your health
Who’s to blame for your weight?
It’s a question that frequently comes up in discussions of obesity and weight loss.
But it’s the wrong question.
It’s wrong because focusing on blame is always going to be unhelpful.
Any answer to the question ‘who’s to blame for your weight’ will leave you worse off.
Focusing on blame is always going to be unhelpful. Any answer to the question ‘who’s to blame for your weight’ will always leave you worse off.
Instead of blame, you should focus on who it is that can take control of your weight. And the answer to that question is, only you can.
Bullies and misguided people focus on blame for your weight
Let’s take a step back and look at who focuses on blame for your weight.
First there’s bullies. They want to blame you so that they can insult you.… Read more
15 Incredibly Easy Ways to Improve Your Sleep
Incredibly Easy Ways to Improve Your Sleep continues the series on Incredibly Easy Ways to Improve Your Life.
See here for what this series is about, and scroll to the bottom or click here for a list of other entries in the series. Also see the end of the post for details on submitting your own incredibly easy life-improvements.
Note: Some links here are affiliate links, meaning I get a small commission when you purchase them, at no additional charge to you. I only suggest things I honestly believe in.
Incredibly Easy Ways to Improve Your Sleep
Sleep is one of the most important factors in your happiness. And there are a lot of incredibly easy things you can do to improve your sleep.
Being well-rested will make you more cheerful, more productive, more efficient, more resilient, and able to do more.
You’ve no doubt seen plenty of hard suggestions about improving sleep.… Read more
Everything You’ve Heard About Dieting is Wrong (Weight Loss Wednesday)
Everything you’ve heard about dieting is wrong.
Diets don’t work.
Most people who attempt to lose weight fail.
Of the few who succeed, 95% gain it right back.
I’m different.
I lost 30% of my body weight, and have kept it off 20 years.
What did I do right?
Welcome to Weight Loss Wednesday
Welcome to Weight Loss Wednesday, a new feature where I give quick tips on weight loss, healthy eating, and easy exercise.
This is based on my experience as one of the few people who spent half my life obese, then figured out how to lose weight, and keep it off forever.
Why everything you’ve heard about dieting is wrong
Why do I say that everything you’ve heard about dieting is wrong?
Because I was only able to lose weight by ignoring all the standard advice.
Here’s the biggest reason why what they tell you to do doesn’t work:
IT’S TOO HARD
Gurus who look like underwear models manipulate you to sell a fantasy.… Read more
Happy Birthday to Self Helping Yourself
Today is the one year of Self Helping Yourself’s first real post, Ten Minutes a Day to Changing My Life.
The site’s gone through a lot of changes since then.
It was originally “Self-Improvement for Realists.” Then it changed to “A Skeptical Guide to Self-Help.” And finally, “Self-Improvement Made Easy.”
I’ve also redesigned the site quite a bit as I learned more about web design and SEO.
(And a huge thank you to April Marquet for her assistance with the design and functionality. Please consider her for your freelance front-end web development and design needs.)
The most interesting thing to me when I look back at that first article is that it explains the key theme of the site by the third paragraph:
For self-improvement to work, it has to be easy.
Even though I didn’t yet know that’s what the theme of the site was going to be.… Read more
11 Incredibly Easy Things to Stop Doing to Be Happier
Incredibly Easy Things to Stop Doing to Be Happier continues the series on Incredibly Easy Ways to Improve Your Life.
See here for what this series is about, and scroll to the bottom or click here for a list of other entries in the series. Also see the end of the post for details on submitting your own incredibly easy life-improvements.
Incredibly easy things to stop doing to be happier
Last week’s article discussed incredibly easy things you could do to increase your happiness.
But there are likely things you’re doing that make you unhappy.
Simply stopping them would be another incredibly easy win.
It’s always great when you can make your life better by not doing something instead of doing something.
You get extra energy, time, and effort back, on top of all the other benefits.
There are many bad habits that are hard to break, such as quitting smoking.… Read more
10 Incredibly Easy Ways to Be Happier
Incredibly Easy Ways to Be Happier continues the series on Incredibly Easy Ways to Improve Your Life.
See here for what this series is about, and scroll to the bottom or click here for a list of other entries in the series. Also see the end of the post for details on submitting your own incredibly easy life-improvements.
Note: Some links here are affiliate links, meaning I get a small commission when you purchase them, at no additional charge to you. I only suggest things I honestly believe in.
Incredibly Easy Ways to Be Happier
Happiness is the single most important aspect of self-improvement.
Every other self-help endeavor – productivity, health, finances, relationships, and achieving your goals – they’re ultimately in service to making you happy. If that’s not the end result, what’s the point?
But a lot of self-help advice, especially that coming from super-achievers, ignores this.… Read more
10 Incredibly Easy Ways to Improve Your Health
Incredibly Easy Ways to Improve Your Health is the first in a series of incredibly easy ways to improve your life.
Watch for upcoming entries including “Incredibly Easy Ways to Improve Your Mental Health,” “Incredibly Easy Ways to Improve Your Sleep,” “Incredibly Easy Ways to Improve Your Finances,” and more.
Incredibly easy ways to improve your life
Incredibly easy ways to make your life better are the best ways to improve your life.
Because, well, they’re incredibly easy.
Many gurus and motivational posters insist only difficult things are worth doing.
That’s ridiculous. It’s easy to breathe, and you wouldn’t stop doing that to seek out a greater challenge.
There are some challenging life-improvements worth pursuing. But if they’re hard, that means you won’t succeed at all of them. And you can only do a few hard things at any one time.… Read more