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It’s hard to believe the road that 2020 has taken. If I wind back the clock to the end of 2019, and trying to welcome the new year with open arms, it feels like a lot of my goals went up in smoke when the Coronavirus hit. I started off well by completing a thirty day cycle of yoga, walked around my neighborhood almost every day (while wearing a mask / social distancing), and gradually replaced coffee with tea and more water. Over the summer, my anxiety and depression acted up to the point of dropping my habits and not being able to get back on track since.
Even with the election looming, and the outcome for the year feeling bleak, I still want to extinguish the dumpster fire that is 2020 and try to start over. "Atomic Habits" by James Clear (non-commission link) recently popped up on my ebook library at my library and offered hope to change direction.
I was surprised by how straightforward the book lays out how and what makes habits work, and what to do when they don’t. James Clear explains the evidence that proves habits work because of specific cues, cravings, and rewards that play into what makes habits attractive or unattractive, and why it’s so easy to fall off the wagon when one of those elements aren’t attractive, easy, or rewarding. If you don’t have a personal investment in a habit or its outcome, chances are you will not have the willpower to start, let alone see it through to the end.
Habits in a lot of ways are like a domino effect. When you start off on the wrong foot with not getting ready in the morning, you can easily give yourself permission to not follow up on other things afterwards. As for some of the habits I broke earlier this summer, "Atomic Habits" showed how preparation is necessary to wanting to do one small thing every day. I’m trying to get ready for yoga practice early in the morning by laying out my clothes the night before, making sure my desk is clear, and keeping a better track of my to-do list. I really want to write a few books I’ve had in mind for a while, so I’m using a calendar to track blogging, using social media, etc. because small posts will go a long way to holding myself accountable for actually writing. Or at least, I hope.
We all do things every day that are very easy habits – brush our teeth, go to work, study, eat, etc. that primarily keeps us going. If we didn’t do them, we’d suffer in some way – financially, health-wise, etc. But when it comes to our personal dreams, our minds build more roadblocks that either propel us forward or hold us back. Instead of feeling like habits are a make-or-break situation, "Atomic Habits" offers a different way of reshaping progress and believing it’s possible to get things done – if there are stumbles, it’s okay to start again.
Even with the election looming, and the outcome for the year feeling bleak, I still want to extinguish the dumpster fire that is 2020 and try to start over. "Atomic Habits" by James Clear (non-commission link) recently popped up on my ebook library at my library and offered hope to change direction.
I was surprised by how straightforward the book lays out how and what makes habits work, and what to do when they don’t. James Clear explains the evidence that proves habits work because of specific cues, cravings, and rewards that play into what makes habits attractive or unattractive, and why it’s so easy to fall off the wagon when one of those elements aren’t attractive, easy, or rewarding. If you don’t have a personal investment in a habit or its outcome, chances are you will not have the willpower to start, let alone see it through to the end.
Habits in a lot of ways are like a domino effect. When you start off on the wrong foot with not getting ready in the morning, you can easily give yourself permission to not follow up on other things afterwards. As for some of the habits I broke earlier this summer, "Atomic Habits" showed how preparation is necessary to wanting to do one small thing every day. I’m trying to get ready for yoga practice early in the morning by laying out my clothes the night before, making sure my desk is clear, and keeping a better track of my to-do list. I really want to write a few books I’ve had in mind for a while, so I’m using a calendar to track blogging, using social media, etc. because small posts will go a long way to holding myself accountable for actually writing. Or at least, I hope.
We all do things every day that are very easy habits – brush our teeth, go to work, study, eat, etc. that primarily keeps us going. If we didn’t do them, we’d suffer in some way – financially, health-wise, etc. But when it comes to our personal dreams, our minds build more roadblocks that either propel us forward or hold us back. Instead of feeling like habits are a make-or-break situation, "Atomic Habits" offers a different way of reshaping progress and believing it’s possible to get things done – if there are stumbles, it’s okay to start again.