Scottsdale Health August 2019
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alance<br />
/ by Jess Hutchens<br />
Jess Hutchens is<br />
an ACE Certified<br />
Personal Trainer,<br />
Fitness Nutritionist,<br />
and Behavior Change<br />
Coach. For more<br />
information, please visit<br />
jesshutchensfit.com or<br />
email jesshutchensfit@<br />
gmail.com.<br />
<strong>Health</strong>y Habits,<br />
Happy Life<br />
Implementing positive lifestyle practices for long-term success<br />
Many people struggle with daily habits that negatively impact their<br />
lives. Whether it’s stopping to pick up fast food on the way home,<br />
letting stress boil up until there is a breaking point, or comparing<br />
themselves to everyone else on social media, these negative lifestyle<br />
habits can be detrimental to one’s health over time. There are specific<br />
habits that you can implement into your everyday life that can<br />
drastically boost your health and happiness – here are four of them.<br />
Goal Setting<br />
According to<br />
research, less than<br />
3% of Americans<br />
have ever written<br />
their goals out, yet<br />
this can be a habit<br />
that makes one of<br />
the most drastic<br />
improvements in<br />
someone’s everyday<br />
life. Goal setting<br />
gives you the ability<br />
to pave the direction<br />
that you want your<br />
life to go; it gives you<br />
a plan and something<br />
to work toward. Goal<br />
setting can provide<br />
short-term and longterm<br />
goals, and can<br />
be written out in<br />
bullet points or by<br />
journaling. Examples<br />
of goal setting can be<br />
“I will lose x amount<br />
of weight by 2020”<br />
or “I will work out<br />
four times a week.”<br />
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