Building healthy habits one step at a time
* Healthy habits are built through small actions repeated consistently. This is extremely important for you to internalize. Small actions + long term consistency = a healthy habit.
* Start with one habit at a time so you don't overwhelm yourself or burn out in a matter of days.
* Make your first step so easy that it's almost impossible to skip.
* Increase the difficulty gradually as your habits become automatic. You’ll reach the ‘automatic habits’ territory a lot easier and faster if you make your starting point suuuper easy. It will actually require nearly the same amount of mental effort to just do 30 seconds of jumping jacks as it will to go to the gym for an hour. If you’re not in the habit of exercise, putting your phone down to get moving will still have friction either way. So by making your habit formation set to extreme easy mode, you will get to the point of “I am someone who wakes up and immediately exercises” with less suffering, and then you can increase intensity.
* Make a daily attempt, even if you only do it at a 30% level instead of 100% perfection.
* Tie a new habit to something you already do every day to make it easier to remember.
* Create an environment that makes healthy choices the easiest choices. This includes your phone btw. And your dating choices. And your friends.
* Remove small obstacles that make good habits harder to follow. Don’t try to negotiate yourself out of this. Willingly allowing something that prevents you from reaching your goals to take up real estate in your environment/life is a huge reason why you never reach the success you crave. Stop that??
* Accept that missing one day isn't failure, just don't let one missed day become a pattern. Reflect on why you had a ‘miss day’ and consider what you can do to prevent it from happening again tomorrow.
* Replace unhealthy habits with healthier alternatives to take up that space. Sometimes the healthier alternative may not be more so-called productivity, but actually rest and relaxation.
* Build routines that fit your dream life rather than copying someone else's. For example, the routine of a mega successful CEO may seem like peak performance, but are you even into the work work work go go go type of life? If not, idk if that 5am ice bath is necessary for you to recreate but that’s up to you lol.
* Be patient because lasting change is measured in months and years, not days.
* Trust that tiny improvements made every day eventually create remarkable results. It’s really that simple.
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