5 hacks to build habits you won't quit
https://habitsgarden.com/blog/how-to-build-habits-that-last
It takes 66 days for a new behavior to be automatic.
During these 2 months, it’s easy to abandon your new habit.
Find out how to build habits that last!
You're missing "how to get back on track", after you break the chain.
This is the #1 thing you must learn, and it is, unfortunately, omitted (for now).
Good point, any tips for that?
This is almost a combo Tiny Habits + Jerry Seinfeld. I say almost because the Tiny Habit system doesn’t have you schedule habits but attach them. And they are even tiner.
Instead of 10 pushups at 9am
It might be: After I go to the toilet, I go kneel on my yoga mat (assuming you keep the mat out and it is not too far away).
Once you are there on the mat you know what to do. This bypasses the executive thinking, the dread, the should i/shouldn’t I.
Search for tiny habits. There is a free email course. There is an upsell to a reasonable priced book but you don’t need it.
"Small changes that change everything"
What a dope headline!
Thanks for the recommendation.
66 days feels like a totally arbitrary number of days but the process of habit building is super important. Feels about right though. 2 months or so and you've got a solid habit! I've been journaling now for about a year straight and it feels weird whenever I skip.
I wish I could develop the drive to do this with coding but it's super hard for me to keep up my learning. Honestly, I just don't enjoy it at this point so I end up putting it off.
Love the advice about scaling back when you need to. Life will always pop up. Just don't stop!
The 66 days is average, it definitely depends on the person. It can take anywhere from 18 to 254 days for a person to form a new habit.
If you don't enjoy coding much, I suggest putting it aside for a while and trying something new?
Maybe now is not the right time? Perhaps you would discover a passion for something else?
Thanks for your warm words!
A useful tip for improving habits is not to simply stop bad habits, but to replace bad habits with better ones.
That's so true indeed, I'm doing that as well!
I'm currently trying to fix my sleeping cycle and go to sleep earlier (otherwise I wake up in the afternoon and feel groggy for the entire day). Instead of just going to the bed on time, I've started working out for 10 minutes every night. It makes my body tired enough to feel sleepy earlier, so yeah haha.
Nothing like a good nights sleep 🛌👍.
totally agree!
In your experience, what bad habits have you successfully swapped for good ones?
Replaced morning cigarettes and coffee with morning reading and coffee. Replaced coffee with Matcha/Sencha tea (not that coffee is unhealthy per se but green tea is less jittery). And I replaced going out partying with reading, sport and focus on my startup. Small incremental improvements.