Note: This post is part of a 31 day treatise on habits. To see all the posts, click here. It’s been a stressful few days, and I don’t have it in me to write a long blog post today. So I decided to do a “weekend links” post, with a few things I’ve read recently […]
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Handy-Dandy Habits Flowcharts
Over at Charles Duhigg’s website, there are two handy-dandy flowcharts you can print out. There is a flowchart for making a habit and a flowchart for breaking a habit. Check it out! Once again, Charles Duhigg is the author of The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business. Yesterday […]
Habits are Better Than Goals
I have nothing against goals. Goals can be a great way to motivate yourself. However, in my life, I’ve found that creating habits that align with what I want to accomplish in life work far better than goals. I’ve read all about SMART goal setting (specific, measurable, attainable, reasonable, time-oriented). I know how and why to […]
Ben Franklin on Habits
I had a terrible night last night. Instead of writing an entire blog post, I’m going to leave you with a quote. “Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.” Benjamin Franklin It occurred to me that I’m actually one day […]
My Bad Habits
Sharing my bad habits with the internets? Well, this is embarrassing. When did I sign up for this? Oh, I remember: when I decided to tackle 31 Days of Habits (go there if you want to read all the posts). I have two bad habits that I need to work on eliminating. This gamine lady […]
Why Habits Are So Awesome
Wait a second. I need to backtrack for a moment to talk about something very important, something central to this whole discussion on habits. Why are habits so awesome? Here are a few reasons habits are worth giving attention to, and why I can talk about them for an entire month. – Habits preserve willpower. […]
Keystone Habits and Spillover
Some good habits are better than others. Why? Because they create a spillover effect that improves every other area of your life. The folks that study this kind of thing call these keystone habits. Researchers who study habits have noticed some curious things: namely that when a person begins to A (good habit), they will […]
Habits Freebies
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Habits Are Better Than Goals
In recent months I’ve noticed a trend among a few bloggers I read. Perhaps because it’s early in the year, when people traditionally make plans and goals, or because minimalism and simplicity are so huge right now. Whatever the reason, the idea is this: Stop setting goals. Yeah, you heard me. It sounds pretty radical, […]
Habits Downloads
Here are your free downloads. Enjoy! Habits Brainstorming Worksheet – This document is a list of good habits to help you with brainstorming Daily Habits Tracker (.pdf) – this printable has space for you to list the habits you’re working on, and checkboxes to help you stay on track Daily Habits Tracker Spreadsheet– (.xlsx file) – […]