Human daily lives mostly consist of habits, understanding how to create new habits is vital for making progress in your life.
Waking up, brushing our teeth, eating breakfast, and making our coffee are all part of daily habits that are no problem for us; unless you want to change a habit — then it becomes a difficult task for most of us.
Forming new habits
What is it about forming new healthy habits that make it so difficult?
We make ambitious intentions to start exercising or losing weight, for example, without taking the necessary measures to ensure that our goals will be met in the long run.
With a bit of discipline, you may build a new habit that will need minimal work to sustain in the future.
Morning Routines
For many people, including me, morning routines are one of the most influential habit groups of the day.
When you wake up, you tend to pick the most comfortable way, but instead, you could take a look at meditation or do a small workout.
The most effective technique to establish a new habit is to link it to an existing one. Take note of any patterns that emerge during your day and consider how you may leverage current habits to build new, more positive ones.
Don’t Blame Your Willpower & Motivation
For a long time, I’ve blamed my lack of motivation and willpower for not being able to form new habits, but I found out that these two things can be trained like muscles.
The trick is this, try adopting a new habit that is so easy that you won’t need any motivation or willpower to do it — this is the pre-habit-building process called: Meta-Habits.
Step-by-Step
Instead of attempting to accomplish something spectacular from the start, start modest and gradually enhance your skills.
Your willpower and drive will grow as you progress, making it simpler to maintain your new habit over the long haul. If you continue to add one percent every day, you will see that your earnings are rising extremely fast within a couple of months of starting.
It is critical to keep each habit manageable so that you can sustain momentum and make the behavior as simple as possible to do once you have started.
Consistency is Key
On average it takes 66 days to form a new habit — that’s more than two months. But it can also take a lot longer, or shorter.
The range is about 18–254.
But it’s a lot easier if you do small steps every day. Starting with something realistic and simple is the key since habits take a long time to build, but they form more quickly when we practice them more often.
Wrapping Up
So, now you’ve gotten the basic information about building habits, you can start forming them.
But don’t expect miracles to happen within a couple of days, or even weeks — as I said before, it takes time. The fact that you’re trying to improve yourself is a great achievement on its own.