Habit Change
It takes a tremendous amount of effort to do habit change. We keep struggling to switch over to a habit which keeps us healthy, motivated. We always make a promise just to realize quickly that in few days, we lost the path of our habit.
Why do we struggle to build a habit?
Top reasons for habit failure is, we start the habit with a big step at once.
Let me describe 5 steps for effective habit creation.
1. Start the activities with a small step
2. Focus only on one activity even though we have many wish list to achieve it. Action on the particular item will reduce the anxiety
3. Put a target for a week to perform a new habit at least for 10 minutes without interruption
4. Make accountable for the change. Announce the change to someone dear to you and ask them to track you
5. Track the changes, review the activity daily. Review the steps post a week and accommodate any changes required to suit your lifestyle
Don't change activity or habit for at least 4 weeks before it becomes natural for you to do the activities.
It takes a tremendous amount of effort to do habit change. We keep struggling to switch over to a habit which keeps us healthy, motivated. We always make a promise just to realize quickly that in few days, we lost the path of our habit.
Why do we struggle to build a habit?
Top reasons for habit failure is, we start the habit with a big step at once.
- Waking up early from Sleep - Say if we want to get up early in the morning. In general, if our wake up time for an individual if it is 8.00 am then we plan to get up next day at 5.00 AM to join the club of elite people who execute the tasks with high performance by waking up early.
- Eat healthy Vegetable food - If we are fond of eating a lot of meat, bakery food, sweet, chocolates. Next day decided to cut down all these food and switch to a very healthy meal diet of only vegetables
- Write a blog
- Exercise regularly
- Meditate regularly
- Running daily
- Quit smoking, drinking, watching tv etc.
Let me describe 5 steps for effective habit creation.
1. Start the activities with a small step
2. Focus only on one activity even though we have many wish list to achieve it. Action on the particular item will reduce the anxiety
3. Put a target for a week to perform a new habit at least for 10 minutes without interruption
4. Make accountable for the change. Announce the change to someone dear to you and ask them to track you
5. Track the changes, review the activity daily. Review the steps post a week and accommodate any changes required to suit your lifestyle
Don't change activity or habit for at least 4 weeks before it becomes natural for you to do the activities.
