We began our new habit after the Oct 24th blog, over 40 days ago. How is the progress?
If you stuck to your plan for at least half of those days you should congratulate your self. Now you may think, I am not giving you much credit but we must realize that change is hard. At least you should have learned whether this is a correct habit for you at this time of your life.
So even if, for example, getting a new job was your goal but you just learned of a medical condition which requires a treatment plan, perhaps the stability of a routine, a sure paycheck and medical benefits became a more important priority for now.
This tells us we are not always right the first time around when choosing a goal and also, things come up with may take precedence in life.
But what can we learn from our 15 or so days of a practicing a new habit:
-1- we discovered what time of day for our action works best in our schedules.
-2- we discovered if we have the tools and skills needed to adopt a new habit.
-3- we discovered if we earned any benefit from adopting this new habit.
-4- we did take “some” action
-5- we did not give up after missing some day of action
-6- only we know if you gave accomplishing the goal our best effort and life got in the way.
Going forward we must determine if we made the right choice for this new habit. If yes, continue with the plan with a few tweaks, if necessary. If no, choose a new goal and get started.
You can review the Oct 24th blog post – 8 steps to create a new habit.
