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Dec 28, 2024 - Reflecting on the Past Year: What Can Your Phone Tell You About Your Life?
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December 28, 2024
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Reflecting on the Past Year: What Can Your Phone Tell You About Your Life?
The holiday season often feels like a whirlwind - decorating, shopping, parties, and family gatherings.
Once the new year approaches, the dust settles, and many of us take a step back to reflect.
We set resolutions, examine what went well, and decide what we want to change. But before you grab a journal or planner, consider this: your phone may already hold the story of your year.
From your step count to the photos you snapped, your phone quietly tracks your habits, interests, and routines.
If used mindfully, it can be a powerful tool to reflect on where you’ve been and inspire changes for where you want to go. So, how can you use your phone to conduct a “year in review”? Here’s everything you need to know!
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Stress is a completely normal part of life. We all go through stressful times.
However, chronic and persistent stress can quickly become problematic for your health and quality of life.
At the same time, what you do—or what you eat—can help in leaps and bounds, allowing you to get any stress under control before it becomes a bigger problem. In fact, a lot of health woes (mental and physical) come back to your diet…
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Celebrate a Micro Win
Sometimes we’re so focused on the big picture that we forget to give ourselves credit for the little things. Drank water instead of soda? Boom. Nailed it. Got out of bed even though you really, really didn’t want to? That counts. Crushing it. Those micro wins, the ones that seem too small to celebrate, are actually the foundation of the bigger stuff. Without them, the big victories don’t stand a chance.
Celebrating a micro win doesn’t have to be a whole production. You don’t need confetti or a gold star, although, hey, if that makes you smile, go for it. A simple acknowledgment is enough. Say it out loud: “Good job, me.” Pat yourself on the back, literally. Text a friend, “Guess who drank some high quality H2O like a boss?” Own the win, no matter how minor it seems. It’s not about ego; it’s about momentum.
The thing about micro wins is that they stack up. They turn into habits, and habits turn into change. But if you’re constantly dismissing the small stuff as “not good enough,” you’re missing the point. Progress isn’t made in giant leaps; it’s made in baby steps. Today’s water instead of soda might be tomorrow’s 10,000 steps or a full night of sleep.
So, go ahead and give yourself that high-five. No one’s watching, and even if they are, who cares? You did something good, and that deserves to be noticed. Even the tiniest step forward is still a step forward.
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