10 Things We Should Start Doing More Often

Your early twenties are the time you step into what is probably your first job. Life begins to change when you start working – you wake up early, slog the whole day at work, curse the traffic throughout your way back home and go to bed as soon as you reach. And, before you know it, it has become a routine. So, if you think your work life has sucked life out of your body, here are 10 things you need to start doing more often.

1. Reconnect

As you grow up, it becomes more and more difficult to hold all your relationships together. While you may not feel the need to be around friends at the moment, there will come a time when you’ll regret putting the people who matter lower on your priority list. Catch up with friends you haven’t seen in ages. Work will make its way back, your friends may not! Just a day well spent with them will fill your heart with enough joyous moments to last another month!

2. Read

There’s so much happening around us all the time, thanks to our active presence on social media, spending even an hour reading a book seems to be an unimaginable task. Let’s not be so restless all the time, and just spend a day reading what we like. It will not only open up your mind, but will also help you discover a new side to yourself and the world around you.

3. Converse

The most memorable moments are made when you’re least expecting them. Have pointless conversations about random things in life. Spend a night talking to a friend about anything and everything in the world. Not everything you do needs to have a well thought of meaning to it. Let it all out. You need to shed that weight you’ve been carrying around in your mind.

4. Take Breaks

Don’t stress so much. Success will only come when it has to. Don’t always chase things. Don’t miss out on life for materialistic dreams. Every now and then, take a break from everything around and do nothing. Doing nothing is the most underrated pleasure in the world. Relax. Just be.

5. Travel

Take that holiday you’ve been planning to go on since forever. There will be no better time. Travel. See the world. It is much more rewarding and life altering than the appraisal and promotion you’ve been eying since months.

6. Spend Some Time Alone

Stay alone, away from the world every once in a while. You must learn how to enjoy your own company, as much as you love partying with friends. It is a habit that will make you emotionally stronger and bring you closer to the real you.

7. Stay Off Social Media

Sign out of Facebook, switch off the 3G and keep that phone out of reach. Instead of sending your friends Snapchats, go meet them in person. Live the moment, don’t Instagram it. Do things because you want to do them, not because you want to tell the world about them.

8. Surprise Someone

People you care about are as busy as you, maybe even busier. Take some time off and bring a smile to their faces. Surprising people is a habit we seem to have lost over time. Time to bring it back and make people around you happy!

9. Celebrate

You don’t need an occasion to have fun. Celebrate whenever you feel like it. Make it a point to reward yourself every time you achieve something, no matter how small it may be. This will make you realize there’s a lot more you already have than you think.

10. Explore The City

Set out alone. Explore every nook and corner. There’s so much more to your city than you can ever imagine. Pull those blinders off and widen your horizons. Feel one with the place you live in!