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In today’s article, 5 surprising habits that drain your mental well-being over time. I will discuss what habits you need to get rid of in your life. If draining habits are left to grow it will slowly drain your mental well-being. Over time you will notice a lack of focus, alienation and poor execution of tasks. This mentality will hold you back. So if you are doing any of the habits below I have left a quick solution to your problems. I hope it helps!
5 Surprising Habits That drain Your Mental Well-Being Over Time
1. Habit Of Being Messy
If not ourselves we all know someone who’s messy. There are even successful people who are messy as well.
But for ultimate productivity, and overall mental well-being. Research has shown that a cluttered workspace drags the mind away from focussing on what it needs to do.
A MIR scan showed that within the prefrontal cortex. It showed that too many distractions can affect the mind’s focus. It showed that the brain is not good at blocking out clutter, leading to the mind overworking and becoming drained because of too much clutter.
Solution – Take a tip from all the minimalist out there and apply their strategy to your life. It will allow for clean workspaces, home and you will see your focus and mental wellbeing skyrocket.
2. Habit Of Making Excuses
No one wants to admit when their wrong or didn’t achieve their intended goal. But getting into the habit of making excuses can lead to bad implications for your future wellbeing. The lack of vulnerability to give growth to the inflated ego will eventually lead you down a path where you will become stuck in life and won’t able to move forward.
Solution – Open your mind to a growth mindset where you can openly admit to your mistakes and failures. It might be immediately painful but in the long term important for future growth. Making excuses doesn’t help you in any way. Just remember it’s just your ego your protecting.
3. Habit Of Perfectionism
We all want to be the best but at what cost when attaining perfection. Perfection can lead us down a path where we have to get everything perfect before we start anything. Which becomes a form of procrastination without any action. Perfectionism can also be damaging for your mental wellbeing by setting your goal too high to attain because you want it to be perfect. This can lead to worthlessness, stress and a sense of failure.
Solution – Understand that nothing is perfect and being unperfect is ok. Changing your habit of perfectionism to giving your best effort and focussing on moving forward with intention will lead to happiness and mental wellbeing. Of course, there is a positive to striving for perfectionism but at what cost if you go too far with it. Definitely, a balancing act and self-awareness are key for it not ruling your life.
4. Habit Of Multi-Tasking
Some people take pride in their ability to multi-task. In some cases, it can have its benefits. For productive work, it doesn’t. Your brain is limited just like any power unit. If your multitasking on 5 things at once then you’re outputting at 20% efficiency for each task. You are therefore not giving your main priority it’s full attention.
You can see this in relationships when someone is talking and the other person on the phone whilst listening or a baby wants your attention but you’re focussed on watching TV. The attachment with that person gets slightly damaged as they don’t feel your full attention. This matters and is a reason for marriage breakups and attachment problems from children which lead them to find it with someone else.
Solution – There’s only so much we can focus on. Making it our priority to focus solely on one task or person at a time. Can help us overcome multitasking fatigue and relationship difficulties.
5. Habit Of Doing It Alone
Humans are built to work together for future growth. We are social animals and live to make connections with others. When we try and do everything ourselves. We just make our life 10 times harder. It can be hard to reach out for help. But it’s all ego and negative thinking going on in your mind. Outsourcing and automating our life helps to move forward quicker. The most successful people understand that having a team around you helps elevate your success.
Solution – Ask for help and build a team or support network around you that can make your life easier and enjoyable. This will help your mental well-being not feel overwhelmed and alone.
Over To You
I hope you enjoyed today article, 5 surprising habits that drain your mental well-being over time.
It’s not always easy to notice the habits that affect us in negative ways. But being self-aware and learning about our own habits. Can go a long way to ensuring your success and future mental wellbeing.
Build that mental strength with the right habits!!!
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