Basics first:
The brain is an organ. Physical health and brain health and mental health are deeply interconnected. Find a physical activity that you can do several times a week with minimal motivation. Bonus points if you get friends into the same activity, or the activity is something like a martial arts gym. Accountability to others is an incredibly powerful motivation. Use it for both long term habits (daily fitness routine), and one time large goals (I'll lose 50 lbs this year or I own my friend $200).
Optional but valuable: learn how to cook [healthy] food that tastes good. This plays into fitness, and also can become a hobby. At a minimum learn 1-2 dishes suitable for bringing to a party.
This last one took me the longest: Find out how to truly relax. This is where it comes full circle, and you learn to use your thoughts to control the body. The Reveri app hypnosis routines were helpful to me along this journey.
Thank you for the advice! Some friends and I signed for a basketball class next quarter, which I am looking forward to a lot. It's just a bunch of pick up games twice a week and maybe hitting the gym afterwards together. So I'm hoping that helps keep regular exercise and makes it fun.
I do find cooking to be fun (I hate the clean up though)! I was learning how to cook a few things in summer before school started again and that was enough to last me through the quarter, but I had to buy a meal plan on campus because oftentimes I didn't make the time to cook for myself.
Optional but valuable: learn how to cook [healthy] food that tastes good. This plays into fitness, and also can become a hobby. At a minimum learn 1-2 dishes suitable for bringing to a party.
This last one took me the longest: Find out how to truly relax. This is where it comes full circle, and you learn to use your thoughts to control the body. The Reveri app hypnosis routines were helpful to me along this journey.