30 Tiny Habits to Improve Your Life Without Really Trying

Set a daily reminder to take a short break and stretch your legs

Thomas Oppong
3 min readJan 22, 2023

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Artwork: Promenade by August Macke

Improving your life doesn’t necessarily require a complete overhaul of your routine. Tiny habits are simple, easy-to-practice activities you can do daily, and the best part is that once you get started, you won’t even have to try hard to keep them going.

“Mini habits are a self-efficacy-generating machine, and importantly, you can get started successfully with zero self-efficacy,” says Stephen Guise.

From adding a few extra minutes of stretching in the morning to taking a break to enjoy nature, tiny habits can help reduce stress and anxiety, increase productivity, improve your mood and lead a healthier and happier life without really trying.

The good news is you can make small, incremental changes one at a time and still make a big impact on your life. Small actions create positive momentum and help establish new, healthier habits over time.

“We are the sum of our actions, and therefore our habits make all the difference,” Aristotle said.

From improving your diet to increasing your productivity, these are a variety of tiny habits you can adopt to improve your life.

  1. Drink a glass of water…

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Thomas Oppong

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