{"id":10993,"date":"2021-09-06T10:34:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T16:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/?p=10993"},"modified":"2025-02-15T17:45:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T23:45:17","slug":"how-to-create-healthy-habits-and-get-them-to-stick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/how-to-create-healthy-habits-and-get-them-to-stick\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create Healthy Habits \u2014 and Get them to Stick"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Healthy Habits | by Michelle Crouch, AARP<\/a>, May 5, 2021, | Shield Insurance Blog<\/a> | Start A Quote Today!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Science-based advice on how to become a better you as we enter a post-pandemic world<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As COVID-19 vaccinations<\/a> continue to roll out across the country and life slowly starts to return to normal, experts say it\u2019s a great time to reevaluate your habits and consider making changes to improve your health and well-being. Research shows that the start of any new phase \u2014 be it the resumption of post-pandemic life, turning a year older or the invigorating days of spring  \u2014 can serve as powerful psychological motivation to kick-start new habits. It\u2019s called the fresh-start effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The end of the pandemic is \u201cthis momentous, collective fresh start that has all the features you need if you want to jump-start change,\u201d says Katy Milkman, a behavioral scientist at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and author of the new book How to Change. <\/em> \u201cMaybe you didn\u2019t achieve your fitness goals or build better routines, but that was the \u2018old you\u2019 during the pandemic. The new you can do it in this new era.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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