Quotes About Wellness

When I get older, I don't think I'll like to have wrinkles, or a big jelly belly. I cannot have it.

My skin is pretty low-maintenance, but I'm a big sunscreen wearer, which I think is the big thing when it comes to wrinkles, right?

I'm really simple. I'm just like, wash your face, keep it hydrated, moisturize every night, whether it's a cream or serum or overnight thing. My mother's trick - who looks amazing and has no wrinkles under her eyes - is to wear eye cream every night.

Hats, giant shades and 60-plus sunblock are part of my summer repertoire. I don't want wrinkles, but it's skin cancer I truly fear.

My wrist, I need stability in my wrist, more strength and flexibility, everything.

I've always measured a good day as one where I can read, write, and run.

One habit that's important for keeping me mentally healthy is having meaningful conversations with the people around me. That's a habit that fuels my body and my mind. I also like to go to the beach and write, and I've been trying to focus on giving myself time to be alone.

I'm really clear about what my life mission is now. There's no more depression or lethargy, and I feel like I've returned to the athlete I once was. I'm integrating all the parts of me - jock, musician, writer, poet, philosopher - and becoming stronger as a result.

I began running on an everyday basis after I became a writer. As being a writer requires sitting at a desk for hours a day, without getting some exercise you'd quickly get out of shape and gain weight, I figured.

Getting enough sleep makes us better family members, friends, lovers, drivers, writers, cooks, and pretty much everything else that is of importance in our lives.

Every couple of weeks, someone writes in and says, '23andMe saved my life.'

Sleep is the new sex.

I should pursue only those habits that would make me feel freer and stronger.

I should make one healthy choice, and then stop choosing.

Both money and health contribute to happiness mostly in the negative; the lack of them brings much more unhappiness than possessing them brings happiness. p 169

It's been freeing to focus on what works for me rather than what's wrong with me.

Over the years, I've learned that it's important that we give ourselves treats—which may sound self-indulgent or frivolous, but it's not. When we give more to ourselves, we can ask more from ourselves. Treats help us to stick to challenging goals, resist unhealthy temptations, and shrug off small irritations. When we don't get any treats, we can begin to feel burned-out, depleted, and resentful.

From my observation, habits in four areas do most to boost feelings of self-control, and in this way strengthen the Foundation of all our habits. We do well to begin by tackling the habits that help us to: 1. sleep 2. move 3. eat and drink right 4. unclutter

Secret of Adulthood: Make sure the things we do to make ourselves feel better don't make us feel worse.

70 percent of long-term gym memberships are mostly unused, but a dog needs walking every day.

We all know the secret of dieting...it's the application that's challenging. p 7

Eventually, I decided to count my daily walk or cross-country ski as a treat—my time for myself in a day otherwise filled with responsibilities. Somehow, that made it much easier to make it a priority.

note: people weigh their highest on Sunday;14 their lowest, on Friday morning.)

It's a Secret of Adulthood: Make sure the things we do to make ourselves feel better don't make us feel worse.