Which habit changed your life?

Which habit changed your life?

Thank you dear Anki Tyagi for sharing such inspiring journey/story 

Story updated by Thinking Boxx Team

Monday/sep/02/2025/19:29HRS

Walking.

In 2017 I finished my schooling, and I used to have stomach issues as well as quite underweight. As I was in my late teenagehood, I was going through hormonal changes. Which got worse when at the same year I moved to hostel. It was a single room. And I was enrolled in a government college so, classes were quite irregular, most days I would stay in my room only. It had a severe impact on my sleep quality. I could not sleep till 3 in the morning. and it became a regular habit of mine. I used to feel guilty that I am not getting enough sleep. That time I was active on Quora, and a lot of Quorans used to write about physical activity. So one day, I thought I should also do some physical activity. Luckily, near my hostel there was a Public Park where people used to come for walking, running or any kind of physical activity. I went there one day and really liked the vibe. Then slowly it became my habit. And whenever I could not go for walking during the day, I would walk after having my dinner. (post dinner walk).

Fast Forward to 2021, I was enrolled into an university and the campus was huge, so it gave me the opportunity to walk as much as I can. also the campus environment was quite peaceful and serene, because of that I could walk for hours.

I am 25 now, work 7 hours a day, but now it has become my ritual that I will walk atleast 1.5 hours after dinner. Except for completely rainy days, I never skip my post dinner walk.

Now how did it change my life?

1. I no longer struggle with sleep. I go to bed at a reasonable hour and have proper 7.5 or 8 hours of sleep every night.
2. I have struggled with acne and pimple, but after walking for 2 hours almost every day, my skin condition has significantly improved.
3. As I had mentioned earlier that I struggled with stomach issues, luckily now am almost free from those problems.
4. My mental health has significantly improved and now I look forward to go for my daily walk.
5. My weight became normal. neither over nor under, exactly how as it should be.
6. I can now walk for almost 10km.

So For me the life changing experience if I have to say, I will give credit to my walking habit.

Thank You.