I came upon a video on YouTube yesterday called 21 Tiny Habits to Improve Your Life in 2021 Effortlessly. Being a self improvement junkie, it really caught my eye. The effortlessly part didn’t hurt. Here are the 21 tiny habits in a nutshell:

1. List 3 things you are grateful for.
2. Say no once a week.
3. Exercise for 1 minute upon waking.
4. Invest in experiences.
5. Organize your home.
6. Throw things away.
7. Manage your money.
8. Stand up every hour. 
9. Follow tis simple proverb. “Quand on a pas de tete, on a des jambes”. When we don’t have head, we have legs. Accept what is done is done.
10. Ask open-ended questions. This keeps the conversation going.
11. Turn off notifications. 
12. Prepare your clothes.
13. Watch the news less.
14. Drink more water.
15. Discover one thing a month.
16. Make your bed.
17. Spend one minute a day with yourself.
18. Ask yourself whether what you’re doing is worth it.
19. If a task takes 2 minutes, do it right away.
20. Take care of your posture. 
21. Read for 15 minutes a day.

These look very do-able and sustainable. I have been doing some of them already. Number 8 is supposed to be the hardest. It shouldn’t be a surprise since we are such couch potatoes. It’s a good one for me since one of my goals is to be in motion more. Let me stand up now. I did my one minute exercise of stretching first thing this morning. I do make my bed every morning. I only watch small news in the evening. I think I drink enough liquids. I’m in the bathroom quite often. I’ve started asking myself whether what I’m doing is worth it. I meditate every morning sitting in perfect alignment for #20. I do read enough to make it 15 minutes a day.

Habits are worth looking into. They can improve our lives a bit at a time. I’ve experienced their big impact already in this month. I feel more at ease and have more time for myself. #18 and #9 have spoken the most to me.