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Friday, 01 May 2015 00:10

By Jessica Rossing (jrossfitness.com)

-What habits do you have now that are helping you to be the best you can be? What habits do you have that are preventing you from being your optimal self?
This breaks down into your actions (what you do and do not do), your mindset & thoughts (positive/negative), time management (How do you spend your time?).

-Ask yourself what do you want out of life? For health/fitness/wellness? Your career? Relationships?
Specifically define those questions into goals and intentions. From here you can start to figure out where you need to hack your habits and tie it into the answers to the question above.

-Then ask yourself how are you going to accomplish those things?
Bring in what you've discovered from the first two questions and tie it into the answer to this question. Write down each step. Each process. Cutting out things that no longer serve those goals, and adding the things that do. Changing your self talk and thoughts? Is it going to bed earlier? Less time on social media? Meal prepping? Saying no? Saying yes? Calling more and texting less? You will figure out what works for you as your brain storm more...

-What are some of the easier things you can start to change now? What are the things that may be harder to change?
Create a plan to work at it day by day so that it gets easier and easier. It takes 30 days to create a habit, or break one. Know that it will get easier and easier.

I want to make today's post simple and just plant the seed of how you can start to hack your life to be better. This is part one after all. I'll start to break it down question by question later.

I reached out to people in my life who have hacked their lives to achieve great things. Below are their top habits that help them to be their optimal selves. READ MORE