Contents:
- Medical Video: Organ Story
- Busy people tend to choose a healthy lifestyle
- There are also busy people whose lifestyles are not healthy
- How to live healthy even though busy?
Medical Video: Organ Story
Do you often lack sleep, feel time is never enough, and often overwhelmed to resolve all your responsibilities? That's the sign that you are a busy person. Well, many say that it is so busy, busy people are usually hard to maintain a healthy lifestyle. However, there are studies that prove the opposite, you know. So actually life is full of busy life that makes us healthier or not, right?
Busy people tend to choose a healthy lifestyle
A recent study by INSEAD, Temple University, and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology business schools reported that busyness affects one's lifestyle choices.
The study, published in the Journal of Consumer Research, looked at the mindset of busy people. All participants were asked to make a series of decisions ranging from diet, employment, and savings in retirement. The results show that people who feel themselves busy tend to make better and healthier choices than their peers.
"Every day, people make many decisions that involve their welfare for today and in the future. When someone feels busy, he also evaluates more often so that the decisions to be chosen will be wiser, "said Prof. Chattopadhyay, one of the researchers.
For example, you are a father who is busy working. You certainly choose dishes made by your wife instead of having to buy food outside. Even though it is troublesome to bring lunch, consideration of home food is healthier and you keep your cleanliness clean. In addition, you may also prefer to bring lunch because you don't want to bother going to the canteen and worry about choosing the lunch menu that day.
Being a busy person also must avoid all diseases, right? Well, this is the thought that makes busy people tend to choose a healthier lifestyle.
There are also busy people whose lifestyles are not healthy
Having a lot of activities and work is not always healthier. In the same study, researchers also mentioned people whose lives are pursued deadline more stressful, anxious and anxious.
It's different from people who are busy but are good at managing time, people who are haunted every day deadline forced to make impulsive decisions. Such decision making usually does not take into account various things and is done suddenly.
For example, you don't have time to prepare provisions so you choosejunk food to be practical or drink coffee several cups at a time so as not to drowsy due to staying up all night. This style of life is usually attached to busy people who are still low in level of awareness with health and not yet good at managing time. As a result, the risk of diseases such as diabetes, anxiety disorders, and heart disease will increase.
How to live healthy even though busy?
The key is to be good at managing time. Busy is permissible, the important thing is that you are productive. Do not let you be too busy even though you actually spend a lot of time. For example, you play HP too much all day, even though the time can be used to exercise 30 minutes.
So, the important first step is to increase self-awareness about health. Only then can you prioritize health in your daily activities. Without that awareness, no matter how much your time, you will still continue to look for reasons to eat carelessly and not exercise.
Then, try to rearrange your activity schedule and take time to exercise, even if only for a moment. Invite friends or family members to exercise together so the atmosphere is more pleasant. Exciting activities like this can reduce stress and pressure from work.
