Fabia Shahzadi
While the adjective “bad” usually sets a negative undertone to the phrase “bad habit” but at times, some of these habits can help to be part of your healthy lifestyle. Below, we’ve rounded up some negative behaviors that can contrary to what your mom, your teacher, and your know-it-all coworker said—be good for you.
Procrastinating
We, especially the students are all too well familiar with the term ‘procrastination’. While we blame ourselves for procrastinating instead of doing all the others things we are supposed to do, it can have a bright side. Procrastination can help boost your creativity because you give yourself a chance to develop your big idea.
“The time Steve Jobs was putting things off and noodling on possibilities was time well spent in letting more divergent ideas come to the table, as opposed to diving right in with the most conventional, the most obvious, the most familiar.”
Biting your nails
“Don’t bite your nails!” is something we all have heard at least once or a thousand times in our lifetime. While nail-biting can damage the skin around the nail making your body more susceptible to infections but a research shows nail biting has some positive attributes. The study showed that kids who habitually bit their nails were less likely to develop allergies.
Complaining
No its not only you who hates it when someone constantly keeps complaining; maybe about the lousy hotel service, annoying coworker, a friend who is dating her ex, the weather, or what they just ate. No matter what it is, it sometimes gets really frustrating. But recent study found that people who complain rather than vent out are happier. Complaining helps your drain out the negativity tat you were keeping in you. Although there are ways of proper etiquette during complaining (lol), complaining will help you feel a lot better.
Chewing gum
Well yeah if you chew gum in formal places like during meetings or conferences or while giving a job interview, it will be termed as rude or an offensive behavior. However, chewing gum alone can bring up something productive in you. It releases the stress and makes you more alert. Studies say chewing gum boosts mood and helps you perform better.
Keeping a messy desk
So if you see piles of papers are toppling over onto your coworker’s desk, it might be time to tidy up. But assuming you can keep your mess to yourself, there could be benefits to this disorganization. Research suggests that messiness prompts people to be more goal-oriented because we’re motivated to seek order somewhere. In other words, simply the sight of a sloppy workspace could make you more productive.
Fidgeting
When you’re in a meeting with your boss, it’s not the best idea to be squirming in your seat. But tapping your leg or wiggling your fingers while you’re seated at your desk could help you stay healthy! One study found that women who reported fidgeting more while at work had a lower mortality risk than women who said they fidgeted less.