![]() I wanted to get fit at the beginning of the year. Easy-starting ritualsĬreating a whole new habit could be overwhelming. To create the long-lasting habit, we should think of who we are thanks to this activity.Įach time you write a page, you are a writer.Įach time you practice the violin, you are a musician.Įach time you start the workout, you are an athlete. because we want to be around and mobile when our kids are older.because we want to be healthier – we sit most time of the day.because we want to spend time together.because there is a forest in our location with beautiful paths that can be used by bikes so we can ride.When I asked myself why I wanted to buy bicycles, I discovered my deeper motivation. What’s more, we need to look beyond it and change who we are, or who we become as a result of the new routine, habit or activity. To create long-lasting habits, we need to know why we want to do it. How can we make “hard” habit like early morning workout satisfying? We can employ gamification components like: The experience was less satisfying than other activities. I believe finding satisfaction also plugs into the right motivation. ![]() But when I think about long-lasting goals, and I see myself in 10-15 years as the athletic dad who can keep up with my growing kids – that is attractive. It may be nothing attractive in waking up early and sweating through the workout. When the experience is not desirable, it usually means you have not answered the question “why” you are doing it. The string will take you for a short ride, but in the grand scheme, again, you will fail if you can’t remember what the next exercise to follow was. When the routine is too hard, you will always find the excuse to do something else. You can’t rely on the strong will it has to be automatic. When the cue is not apparent, it’s getting hard to start or to kick into action. How can we change our behaviour? Here are four laws to follow and check when we want to build useful and atomic habits and get rid of bad habits from our lives. Our goal is to make sure we are conscious about, we create and maintain good habits and remove the bad ones. It helps us to cope with reality and too many information fighting for our attention. Whether we are conscious of it or not, we all follow individual patterns and behaviours. I highly recommend everyone to read and keep going back to it. I re-read this book every year around New Year. I found it to be an incredibly useful guide for developing new habits and breaking old, negative ones. Years ago I read a book that changed my approach to habits.
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