Sometimes life needs the reset button pushing, and some lifestyle changes making. If you've grown tired of how you're currently living, you can make some simple changes to increase your happiness in the long term.

If your lifestyle needs a positive overhaul, here are four top tips for a positive lifestyle change that will give you satisfaction for years to come.

  • Move Your Body More

Exercise naturally releases endorphins, so partaking in some sports of your choosing could help you feel happier in the long term.

Whether you're a fan of running, swimming, walking or tennis, getting fit and healthy will also help you maintain a healthy weight and de-stress you after a day of work. 

If you want to track your movement throughout the day, investing in a step counter or smart device like an Apple Watch will help you stay on top of your daily activities easily.

  • Re-channel Your Energy Into Academia

If you feel like you need a career change, or just fancy channelling your talents into a new field, enrolling in a distance learning degree can help you find a new sense of purpose in your everyday work. 

Providers like Signum Magnum College offer a wide range of courses from bachelor level all the way up to doctorate, meaning you can achieve your dream of a career change without taking a break from working.

  • Quit Social Media

Social media has been credited recently with the downward trend in mental health in children, teenagers and adults. With the rise of influencers and “Instagrammable” content, social media has become a toxic consumer-based place for many people.

Ditching social media will allow you to live your life without making comparisons to others, and to live a freer and more fulfilling life based on your own wants and needs, rather than that of an algorithm.

Alternatively, if you're not ready to take the plunge fully, you can invest in apps that will limit your screen time like Forest, which is an incentive-based anti-procrastination app. Grow trees whilst you work and use the credit gained to plant trees around the world.

  • Change Your Diet

For many working people, keeping a healthy diet can be challenging. Those who work in office-based jobs during the day will often indulge in convenience food as their time is frequently taken up with career-based jobs, and their lunch breaks are often short and unpaid.

One way you might find it easier to change your diet is to prepare meals a few days in advance. You can do this by batch cooking meals and mass storing them in your fridge or freezer. It's far easier not to divert to convenience food when you have healthy food readily prepared and stored to dip into!

If you need a selection of high quality storage boxes, retailers like Lakeland supply a range of excellent boxes of all shapes and sizes for your every food-related need.

Healthy high protein snacks like eggs, dried meat and nuts can help you delay those hunger pangs and reduce the need to snack on high sugar delicacies.

Do you have any tips for changing your life positively? Share your thoughts in the comments section below!