Often not. We have self limiting actions that set ourselves up for failure.

We know we know, and we know the likely outcome of our actions.

Before making a self limiting choice it helps to remind ourselves of the positive outcome and also that, in the words of that glib ad, “you’re worth it”. Each correct choice strengthens our positive decision making abilities, our self-discipline.

Perhaps “I’d rather it didn’t” you reply, since you perform a service check every few thousand miles. By having its regular maintenance check you hoope the car will continue to function well for a very long period without interruption.

When last did you have a health check  up for your body?Your body is irreplaceable (for the most part) and unique. Worth far more than any car (that is being regularly serviced). You deserve at least an annual health check. Can’t afford it? Generally, you can only afford the things that matter most to you.

As in health, we know what we should eat, yet may not. So in finance. Schools teach many subjects, but many are not taught with practical application. Financial health is poor, and our bank balance may appear undernourished.

We know the importance of looking after our finances when we try to exist on a lack of it. Surviving on £20 a week is an instructive life lesson.

It is pennies that make pounds, and taking the time to plan and exercise a strategy for looking after those pennies is time well spent. Increased financial fitness will be the result.

The growth of shopping trolleys over the years and marketing methods used to influence people to consume more is well documented. This extra consumption only presents us with increased temptation to eat more.

Often the extra snack, or even meal, is not only extraneous to our body’s requirements, but also a waste of time that could be spent doing something more useful.

One affirmation I’ve used and found it to be  a great time saver is to only eat when hungry. If at the end of a long day I’m more tired than hungry I’ll skip having a late dinner rather than just eating to ensure I’ve had a set amount of meals per day. I’ve found late meals to be the one that adds girth to the waist more than any other meal.

This has the added benefit that I awake earlier the next day, with a good appetite for the most important meal – breakfast.

Lightning reflexes are a useful ability to maintain as the years go by. Thankfully there is a entire industry devoted to it.There are many computer games that have been created to assist in rapid eye tracking and muscle motor response. This has extended over the years to games that help maintain and improve fitness, stability, and other aspects.

So looking after your health, and in particular maintaining cat like reflexes can be immense fun.

Obviously because they would not want to harm their lungs with the deadly pollutants. Strangely, we often do the equivalent and far worse to ourselves.

We pollute our minds. We feed our mind on thoughts which are harmful, and continually ‘smoke’ ideas that do our lives no good whatsoever. What kinds of thoughts?

Negative ones.

We may smoke “can’t do”, instead of drinking “how can I do?” water, or draw on a pipe of “it’s no use” instead of downing a refreshing glass of  ”I’ll find a way”.

The neighbour of Negativity is one to move far away from. Replacing the negative inputs with positive ones, and ‘smoking’ these positive ideas many times daily will burn in a long lasting beneficial effect on the mind.

(* ‘smoking’ positive thoughts is good for your mental health)

What have you eaten today?

What do you plan to eat tomorrow?

Whatever you eat will become you. As for the physical, so for the mental. Whatever your mind eats will become your beliefs, and ultimately your destiny.

So Ill change the question around:

“What are you reading?”

“What have you read today?”

“What do you plan to feed your mind tomorrow?”

The thoughts you plant in your mind will grow into the fruits of your life. What tree are you growing?

They’ve worked hard, trained hard, and practised even harder. So it would be a shame to let all that effort go to waste?

The comedian telling a joke is like a someone depositing a magic penny. The magic penny can be deposited in many banks at once, and a short while later the banks have a rich increase from the magic penny.

The comedian is the investor, the magic penny is the joke, and the enriched banks are us the listeners.

Besides, it is a free prescription medicine that you can take to feel better whenever you need it.

“A merry heart does good like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.” Proverbs 17:22 says.

A good way to have a laugh is to relate some of life’s little events in a more humorous fashion. At least when called to mind later it will provoke a smile, as well as having been the source of mirth when relating the tale.

Share a joke, and share the laughter.

One example for myself is in eating more fruit. I know that I know about its goodness, yet I know I don’t fully realise that goodness in my diet.

So this Life Hack is more of a Sensible Hack. After all, it makes sense to do what we know will get good results in the long term.

It has now become a morning ritual to start off the day with at least one fruit. So with breakfast done, I’m at least part way through this Sensible Hack of the day.