Nanny to Mommy

There’s an incredible world out there, complete with all sorts of beautiful and uplifting sights to see, things to do, places to go, and people to meet. Unfortunately, there’s always a risk that the day-to-day grind can end up making it difficult for us to maintain a sense of perspective on all these things.

Life is simply better when you are able to maintain your zest for life, and to keep it active for as much of the time as possible. But it’s difficult to keep feeling enthusiastic and driven when you’re exhausted, disheartened by setbacks, and have to deal with assorted mundane chores that you don’t get any satisfaction from. 

When all is said and done, paying proper attention to your personal wellness and self-care can be phenomenally important when it comes to allowing you to keep engaging with the world in a driven and enthusiastic manner, day after day. 

So, here are some personal wellness tips that can give you more zest for life. 

Your mood, energy levels, and health, are all bound to suffer quite dramatically if you eat an unbalanced diet made up of highly processed and unhealthy foods. Unfortunately, however, there is data indicating that the amount of time the typical person spends preparing and eating their meals has decreased enormously over the past century, and continues to do so. 

The simple truth is that consumption of processed food is an easy option for people who are very busy and stressed, and who don’t have the time or desire to prepare home-cooked meals from scratch with wholefood ingredients. Likewise, it is increasingly popular for people to follow a “feast and famine” approach to mealtime – with the intermittent fasting movement specifically emphasizing the value of having few meals in a day. 

While there are certain therapeutic benefits to occasional fasting, however, eating large and irregular meals is one of the surest ways to guarantee that you have massive fluctuations in your energy levels and mood throughout the day – and this is only exacerbated by a diet high in processed foods which naturally lead to more unstable blood sugar. 

For a more consistent, stable mood, and higher energy, one of the best things you can do is to eat a balanced whole foods diet with modest, well-spaced-out portions throughout the day. 

And, of course, feeling consistently energetic and healthy can work wonders in terms of your ability to view each day through the lens of enthusiasm and excitement. 

Fortunately, these days, there are all sorts of resources available online including information guides on topics ranging from what is oatmeal, to the best recipes to utilize for getting more vegetables in your diet, in a tasty form. 

Exercise is often treated as something like medicine – something that you might not enjoy, but that you should do for the sake of your health. 

While there are, of course, enormous health benefits to regular exercise, there are also very serious benefits to pursuing an exercise routine that is motivated at least in part by helping to sculpt your body in line with your vision of an ideal physique. 

Sometimes, exercising for physical appearance is seen as the vain, shallow, and even stupid. The bottom line, however, is that if your exercise routine helps to make you feel happier and more confident about your body, you will not only benefit from that increased confidence in everyday life, but you will also be more likely to stick consistently with your exercise routine – and there’s a good chance that you will develop a more positive attitude towards life in general. 

Your level of zest for life can certainly be enhanced by discovering that you have the ability to transform yourself, and boost your confidence, in such a fundamental way. And the feel-good endorphins that come from exercise are certainly bound to help. 

Even the most naturally optimistic and positively minded individuals are not likely to feel a huge degree of zest for life on an everyday basis, if the only activities that they take part in are mundane chores that seem ultimately devoid of meaning. 

On the other hand, working on projects that you do find genuinely meaningful, and that seem to lead your life in a direction that you can feel passionate about, can make a tremendous difference. If you have these sorts of projects to work on, you’ll almost certainly find that it’s much easier to get out of bed each morning, that the world itself seems like a brighter and more exciting place, and that you become more optimistic and enthusiastic about what tomorrow may bring. 

As a general rule of thumb, you should always be working on at least one project that you find truly meaningful. Just what that project is will naturally differ from person to person. 

For you, the dream may be to create art, or to code a great new phone app, or to start a career that allows you to help others. 

A major part of an ongoing zest for life is a healthy imagination. When you are able to visualize, imagine, perceive, and dream about the world in many different wondrous and uplifting dimensions, there will always seem to be more to do, more adventure to be had, and more magic to be found in each day. 

On the other hand, if you let your imagination run dry and only preoccupy yourself with the technical necessities of everyday life, it will likely seem as though the “magic” has evaporated from the world. 

Make time, on a regular basis, for activities that enrich your imagination. Read good novels, watch good films, listen to motivational music, enjoy art, accumulate good stories and anecdotes, and maybe try your hand at creative pastimes yourself.