Habits that hurt your health and drain your energy | RIOT Podcast Ep98 | Christian Podcast

Habits that hurt your health and drain your energy is the topic that will be discussed today on RIOT Podcast, a Christian Discipleship Podcast.

Habits are the foundation of who we are as a person and as Christian. We are the product of our everyday habits, and we choose daily whether we want to improve ourselves, maintain excellence or contribute to our own discontent. But first, we must be aware of bad habits that drain our energy, so we can take the necessary steps to change them.

It is your daily bad habits that have the most impact on your energy, making you tired and less productive. Energy is the ability to do work. We need a certain level of physical, mental, and emotional energy to work at a high level at any given time.

1. Watching excess TV and porn
The bad habit of TV, where we watch way too many hours per week, is something many of us don't even think about anymore.

2. Not getting enough sleep
What happens when you sleep less? The symptoms you might experience are lethargy, hunger attacks, reduced focus, and mood swings. Most importantly, you want to go to bed early the night after. That’s great because it means you noticed your lack of sleep.

3. Excessively scrolling through social media
It's hard to find someone these days that isn't on some form of social media. Although Instagram and Facebook can definitely be fun, they can also come with a dark side. Some social media habits can be bad for your health, so it's important to make sure you're using these websites and apps in a way that is benefitting your life and not harming it.

How do we know if we have a bad habit?
* Using Social Media at Meals
** Checking Your Notifications When Driving
*** Comparing Yourself to Others
**** Using Social Media When You're Lonely

Scrolling before Bed

Ask ourselves the question Why are we on? What is being on doing for you? Do you have a purpose?

4. Eating unhealthy processed food
Buying processed foods can lead to people eating more than the recommended amounts of sugar, salt, and fat as they may not be aware of how much has been added to the food they are buying and eating.

5. Relying on other people to make you happy
The problems we’re facing with ourselves and other people are not new. And one of those problems is that we are needy. We often turn outwardly for important things: Happiness, advice, affection, love, and approval. We ask experts for advice. We use drugs when we’re in pain. We expect others to solve our problems.

Spouses, kids, friends, parents.

6. Holding onto resentment and not forgiveness bitterness
Who hasn't been hurt by the actions or words of another? Perhaps a parent constantly criticized you growing up, a colleague sabotaged a project or your partner had an affair. Or maybe you've had a traumatic experience, such as being physically or emotionally abused by someone close to you.

7. Stressing about things that are outside of your control
There's a brutal truth about life that some people refuse to accept—you have no control over many of the things that happen to you. People who resist this truth fall into two categories—control freaks or worry warts. Control freaks believe if they can gain enough control over others, and the situations they find themselves in, they can somehow prevent bad things from happening.

8. Breaking promises to yourself and to others
A promise is a vow or pledge to take an action or an assurance that something will definitely happen. There is nothing inherently wrong or sinful about making a promise. In fact, the Bible records a great number of promises God Himself has made. As we are imperfect humans, we should only make promises with care and introspection so they do not turn into sin. Promises can be easily broken or made with the wrong motivation, which may result in damage to ourselves or others.

9. Getting little or no exercise
After a rough day of work or taking care of the kids, it's easy to succumb to the siren song of your comfy couch. And it's becoming increasingly common for people to live a lifestyle with little to no exercise.

10. Not living in the moment.
Most of us have a tendency to live in the past or the future. How often do you find yourself thinking about what happened yesterday, or what might happen tomorrow? Living in the present moment means letting go of the past and not waiting for the future. It means living your life consciously, aware that each moment you breathe is a gift from God.

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