It is very common for people to get overwhelmed when trying to introduce new habits in their life. It is also very common to lose existing habits because of unforeseen temporary circumstances. Many times the reason is that people think that in order to “make it count” they have to do unreasonable amounts of the activity. However, when it comes to habits what’s important more than anything is consistency.
Show up every day, it doesn’t really matter how much you do, if you show up every day you will see progress and it will get easier. Depending on which habit you want to introduce, figure out a reasonable minimum and commit to do it only that. It really can be a minimum, for example if you want to have a reading habit, commit to reading one page every day. Most of the time you will read more, but when life gets in the way, one page will be enough and you will feel good for following through on your commitment.
“Settle on the type of person you want to be and stick to it, whether alone or in company.”
— Marcus Aurelius
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