Sometimes getting healthy means making a major time investment at the gym or eating really healthy for a month straight. But sometimes you can make bigger broader strides by making small changes. I call this MicroWork. Check out my own personal set of MicroWork; 18 little opportunities a day to make a change.
MicroWork
Studies have shown changing small habits can help you achieve your goals faster. You should have a long term goal and small short term goals, with sets of habits you can change and check off. These ground rules have a lasting impact on your overall success in any future goals too.
| When | The Change | The Benefit |
| When you get out of bed | Stand up and stretch your hamstrings for 30 sec | 27% increase in flexibility in 6 weeks |
| Before you brush your teeth | Take a baby aspirin | 20% reduced risk of breast cancer in women who take one a day |
| At breakfast | Take a daily vitamin | 19% reduced risk of getting sick. When you take daily vitamins, you support your immune system |
| At the office | Walk to talk to your co-workers, instead of emailing | More than 1lb of weight lost per year by taking an extra 4-5k steps per day |
| With every meal | Drink ice water | 1lb lost every 8 weeks
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