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30 simple life skills for 30 days:

*How can I improve myself within a month?* 

This is a plan for 30 days. You can start practicing it from tomorrow. Follow one life skill per day as per the numbering 1-30 below. So if you follow order without miss, you will be able to do this whole exercise in a month. Many times we want to bring many habitual changes in us, but we fail to do it because of lack of initiative and many more reasons. Let us take this opportunity to imbibe this 30 better life skills in us.

For better planning and implementation of this 30 skills. You should plan for the day one day prior. So that you can start your day afresh with a skill.

*30 simple tasks for 30 days -:*


    *Day 1*. Greet people with smile. Life is short. Life is simple. Do not complicate it. Don’t forget to smile..

*Day 2*. 'Greet first'. Make an habit of, you greeting the person before he greets you 'Hi, Good morning'.

*Day 3*. Start planning your day. It will take a few minutes but will save your days.

*Day 4*. Listen to people completely, before you could respond them.

*Day 6*. Be polite. Avoid the irritating words from your speech. Reduce the use of hurt words.

*Day 7*. Promise yourself that you will never talk rudely to your parents. They never deserve it. Start from today. You see the immediate impact of speaking rude with boss, but mother does not respond to that way.

*Day 8*. Do not hesitate to clarify a doubt. “He who asks a question remains fool for 5 minutes. He who does not ask remains a fool forever”.

  *Day 9*. Everyday, for a few minutes, sit in silence. It means sitting with yourself. Just yourself. Magic will flow.

*Day 10*. Make an intention to go out of your way to help some body. Help, come back and reflect. Feel the positive energy.

*Day 11*. Gift a friend, or relative without any reason. And see the smile in their heart. Really its 'heart smiling'.

*Day 12*. Read everyday. Something which connects your interest and also your job.

*Day 13*. Observe one positive person around you. Imbibe their virtues.

*Day 14*. Spend some time with nature today. Feel the positive energy.

*Day 15*. Use public Transport for the whole day. And calculate in what ways did you protect nature.  

*Day 16*. Feed the stray animals. Yes, it feels good to feed the hungry.

*Day 17*. No ego. No ego. No ego. Just learn, learn and learn.

*Day 18*. Whatever you do, do it with full involvement. Work on a task at full stretch, at least for an hour..

*Day 19*. Keep distance from people who give you negative vibes but never hold grudges. Start praying for them, feel magic in your own heart.

*Day 20*. Stop comparing yourself with others. If you won’t stop, you will never know your own potential.

*Day 21*. “The biggest failure in life is the failure to try”. Always remember this. If you are afraid of taking an initiative from long time, rethink on it.

*Day 22*. No complaint day. “I cried as I had no shoes until I saw a man who had no feet”. Never complain.

*Day 23*. Count your blessings. We never know how lucky we are, until we look deep into the things we live with everyday.

*Day 24*. In a healthy body resides a healthy mind. Do not litter it with junk. Make yourself free of junk food, try natural and homemade foods.

*Day 25*. From today, for one month, eat home cooked meals. It will boost your health up.

*Day 26*. Keep your body hydrated at all times. Practice drinking 8–10 glasses of water.

*Day 27*. Make a habit to eat at least one serving of raw vegetable salad on a daily basis.

*Day 28*. Take care of your health. “He who has health has hope and he who has hope has everything”. Plan visiting doctor if it is pending.

*Day 29*. Visit your relative, friend or neighbor who had been sick for sometime.

*Day 30*. You take holiday for many of your well wishers. Today take an holiday for yourself and reflect on this whole exercise.
** Goals with out a plan, is only a wish. Plan your 1 year, 5 years and long term plans.
** If in case you feel, you missed some important aspects of this exercise, do not hesitate to try again the days once more. And in another scenario if you feel you need to complete whole exercise from day 1. Come on let's do it once more.

Have a great life 

Note: 
1. Due to some reasons if you skipped a day, you can continue it from the next day.
2. It is no guarantee that within a month you will get changes, this is just a starter. But the effort should be until we are alive.

Compiled and strategized by:
Maaz Mohammed A.Q
Learning Strategist @ Credence Learning Foundation.

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