Personal Development Skills and Habits

One of our own healthy personal development skills and habits includes a daily dose of lemon water-First Thing!

I sometimes think we acquire certain personal development skills and habits in such subtle ways that we don’t always remember WHEN we began using them – WHERE we learned them, and HOW we knew that they were important to our personal growth to begin with!

The idea of writing about personal development skills and habits we have acquired came to me this morning as I found myself thinking about a daily ritual I have.

Well, actually, I have a LOT of daily rituals – but this one always stands out, because it is one of the very first things I do every morning without fail.

When I rise, I go to the kitchen, cut open a lemon and ream the whole thing – juice AND pulp – and add a full glass of water. Drinking that full 10 – 12 ounce glass of lemon water (unsweetened) is the first thing that I do every day.

I began thinking about this activity, and why I do it:

• It is fresh citrus – so that’s a nice refreshing addition to the diet right there.
• It makes me feel like I’ve done something good for me straight away, before any other activities of the day crowd my plate.

But first, I have to say that I cannot think of one single area of my own life where I am not consciously working on improvement.

And I realize that this is part of my life’s work which will continue until the time comes when I leave this earth.

That’s because it is a task that can never be completed. If I’m not acquiring  actual personal development skills – then I’m certainly working on creating good habits and routines that lead to further self growth!

Some of the practices and activities that I introduced into my own life have become wonderful habits and routines as a result!

…habits and routines that I just KNOW contribute to my overall well-being.

Getting back to my daily morning lemon water:
 I can honestly count on one hand the number of days over the last 12 – 15 years where I have NOT begun my day with this drink!

Somewhere along the line (but I cannot remember when or where), I read that this was good for the body. I then discovered that it felt wonderful to have this first thing in the morning. So, I continued it and still do – to this day.

Sometimes we’ll add orange to the mix, but we ALWAYS have the lemon!

I don’t even think about it any more (except when we’re running low on lemons and we have to go buy another bag…)

Another thing that I do every single day is meditate/pray and review certain affirmations. It was a learned skill – and now I do it without thinking.

Another Personal Development Skills and Habits: I meditate and or pray every day – most of the day.

That’s just the start. The many things that I do each day were NOT the result of one single “ah ha” moment – or some drastic decision or action on my part.

I do know that I am continually looking for additional good habits to further improve my life.

I want to hear from YOU!
What I would like to know now is what YOU began to do as part of your own path that has since become a happy and healthy habit. Would you be willing to share your thoughts and experiences?

I hope so! Please leave your ideas and thoughts below so we can compare notes and learn from one another!

PPS: I’ll be adding articles pertaining to personal development skills and habits as I continue to build the site – and will post articles here at my Healthy Living Tips page, as well as at my Life Strategies for Success page (among other pages that I think up as I go along!) 🙂 Thanks for reading!