We all have at least one or two bad habits, but did you know
that these habits aren’t necessarily bad, and in fact can improve
your life?
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Nail Biting – although it’s considered a bad habit by society,
humans have been biting their nails since the dawn of time.
Nail biting prevents your nails from getting too long and
breaking or cutting you and it exposes you to tiny amounts
of bacteria from residue under your nails. Research shows
that exposure to small amounts of bacteria on a regular
basis actually strengthens the immune system.
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Fidgeting Keeps You Alert – fidgeting is actually your brain
trying to improve its focus and alertness in the same way that
yawning is its way to get you more oxygen quickly. Shaking
your legs, twiddling your thumbs, doodling, et”c, all help you
focus when you’re tired or bored.
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Cursing – most people would frown upon swearing and
cursing, especially around young children, but it also has
appropriate uses; Researchers discovered that swearing in
stressful times actually helps reducing your risk of a heart
attack by half! Just remember that there’s a time and
a place for everything…
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Daydreaming – daydreaming is the mind’s way to deal with
complex problems by letting the conscious mind wander and
allowing the subconscious to process and solve the issues.
This also occurs if you’re doing a task which doesn’t
require you to concentrate and allows your thoughts to roam.
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Gossiping – research performed in Brown University
discovered that gossiping for even 20 minutes with a friend
helped reduce tension and anxiety and boost the subject’s
mood for up to 4 hours. Gossip is great at creating and
strengthening bonds between people, but don’t use it for
malicious and hurtful reasons.
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Being Disorganized – while some might think that disorganised
people are lazy, the truth is that some people need a degree of
chaos in their life and it helps them think outside the box. In a
research performed a few years ago, students were put in tidy
rooms and in messy rooms, and the ones in the messy
rooms actually drew more creative pictures.
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Sleeping In – endocrinologists recently discovered that waking up
before 6:30am increases a person’s risk of contracting
cardiovascular diseases. The best thing to do is go to bed
when you’re naturally tired and letting your body wake up on
its own.
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Social Media – kids and their phones! Actually, also adults and
their phones! Everyone seems to be hooked on social media,
checking their Facebook and Twitter all the time. The benefit
we draw from it is quite surprising; we tend to make statements
on social media and people will hold us up to those statements
just like we will do for them. This forces us and them to stay on
track and achieve our goals together.
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Tanrums – expressing your anger in small amounts will reduce
tension and stress, and is much healthier than bottling up all
that anger and frustration inside. Kids know it better than us
and that’s why they naturally do it. Just make sure you express
your anger in a healthy way – punch a pillow, go off on a short
rant, etc.
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Watching Cute Videos – if you think it’s nothing be
procrastination, you’re dead-wrong. Watching videos
helps the brain focus and complete tasks more effectively,
and watching cute videos specifically increases our
care-giving instincts and makes us take more care in the task
we perform.
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