People who ate more fruits and vegetables over the 13-day period reported higher average levels of curiosity, creativity, and positive emotions, as well as engagement, meaning, and purpose.
—Broccoli Eaters Get More Out of Life
It was a small study, and correlation doesn’t mean causation. Did eating more healthful (or less unhealthful) food make the difference? Or was it the decision to take charge of their health that caused the changes?
At the moment I’m taking a few baby steps to change a few habits in my life, and I seem to be seeing the same heady changes the study was looking at. I’m not surprised. I think Earnie Larsen had it right when he said,
There are few things more wonderful than knowing where you want to go and being on the path to getting there.
Are there any habits you are trying to change in your life right now? If so, how is it working for you? Are you like me — do you find baby steps are powerful?
August 21, 2019
I’m on a kind of “baby steps” progress now as well.
It’s interesting that the one “mending/chaos/repair” topic I’m doing to overcome issues, is actually something I kind of kept to myself in “real time & face2face, bricks/mortar” but now it’s getting out there…and it’s interesting what contacts are saying…
a week back I bought what I deemed an ugly thread colour with the help of T @ the store. Yesterday I was “mending” with the thread, and T couldn’t for the life of herself see how it was ugly. And now as I look at the pathway it’s evolving on – also it doesn’t look ugly!
And it’s changing how I want to do things…I don’t think I can truly say now “I don’t know what to do…” this in relationship to how I have been feeling.
But in other ways, it showing me that I don’t need to rush out real time and shout from the rooftops, it’s “okay” to say “no”…
The great truth is there’s no need to rush, to push things. I figure baby steps are feeding my subconscious and sooner or later I will be surprised at what it comes up with.
I take two steps forward and one step back…
That’s progress in my book!
I eat broccoli and cauliflower every week and don’t feel one bit smarter or more curious than I did when I didn’t but that was so long ago, I don’t remember not eating it every week.
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I’ve had good intentions regarding healthy eating changes. My success rate is very low.
Every little bit helps. I don’t eat junk food, but I’m not very good at eating a variety of healthy foods in the same meal. I’m working on it. The main thing is not to beat ourselves up when it doesn’t happen.
I try to walk daily and to eat leafy, green veggies and fruit. Some days I fail miserably!
Sometimes life intrudes but there’s always tomorrow. I believe in celebrating the successes when they happen — it increases our odds, and we can use all the help we can get!
I figure at my age there’s no real hope for change so I just stick to my standard diet. Actually, SWMBO has sort of weaned me from red meat (except for the occasional hamburger) over the years and we both love chicken and pork. And she does push veg and fruit on me so that I enjoy them now. And peaches! I never liked peaches until she made a dish from my childhood, peach cobbler, last week. It was SCRUMPTIOUS!
Yes, I saw your post. It made me hungry!
I eat plenty of fruit and vegetables and I also feel curious, creative etc. Whether the two are connected, I have no idea. Maybe I’ve just picked up all these attitudes from other people.
The only habit I’m trying to change is paying too much attention to what other people might think of me. Why not just be myself, and if they don’t like it – tough.
Good for you! To me that’s one of the great perks of getting older. 🙂