New Year's Eve tomorrow!
This time of year has me reflecting and thinking of ways to make the next year better than the previous year.
Is that making a New Year resolutions?
I want to implement these ideas and intentionally create new habits with them!
I have a process for doing this so it's not like many resolutions that you start off with a bang then it gets dropped or fades into the background.
I'm going to call on my awareness and willpower to start internalizing the new behavior and start to make it something I will do automatically without having to think about it, develop a new habit.
Steps for Process Used to Develop New Habits
1)Making the Decision of What Exactly It Is You Want to Do
- First step is to be aware of what you want that new habit to be, being as specific as possible.
- Now make a commitment to the when and how you specified in the first step
2)Having a Firm Commitment Then Call on Some Willpower to Set Things in Motion
- When things inside you are resisting the change this is a good time to have set a daily reminder (like setting an alert on your phone, putting up sticky notes in strategic places or adding it to your daily to-do list) This will help you avoid slipping back into old habits.
- Set yourself up for success!
3)Make It Part Of Your Routine So You Can Slide Into the Habit
- there may still be some resistance to push through before it starts to feel natural. This will entail some willpower but by adding it to your routines it limits the amount of will power needed
- If you can incorporate it into your existing routines all the better, but setting up a new routine works too and you will not have to rely on those daily reminders.
- Practice the routine until it’s second nature
4)Work on Having Success With One Change at a Time
- It’s hard to keep up willpower for any length of time, eventually our willpower fades and may run out.
- Work with your awareness and will power to create that one new habit. Work at it for a complete cycle (it is said it takes about 30 days to form a habit) before taking on another development of a new habit.
Knowing that it is harder at first but as you start to establish that habit, it becomes easier until it takes on a life of it's own and you don’t even have to think about it anymore. Knowing this process can help you stick it out.
So while you're transitioning from willpower to habit use the tools I mentioned to make it easier. An accountability partner can be very motivating too.
We have a Mindful Life community which resides in the @naturalmedicine server here. Where we support each other as we grow through conscious awareness. Being there to inspire and motivate each other, provide support if we might be struggling, and allow us to connect with like-minded people who might offer solutions. Come and join us! With much love!
Discord 🧘About Go ahead and create a new habit and reap these benefits -
We all have numerous amounts of decisions to make in a day and you may find it gets harder at the end of the day when you are tired to make decisions. You can cut out a lot of decision making by implementing habits and routines. Prioritize and save your "on the spot" decision making for the important stuff. That way you will free brain space for your creativity! It can help cut out a lot of daily stress too and simplify your life!
May 2020 be a wonderful year for you full of lots of love, peace and joy!
)
Visit my store - Porters Place at https://homesteaderscoop.com/store/porters-place/
Grateful for the curation and support of @tribesteemup
Hey thanks @porters, good to be connected and read your thoughts. By the way can you tell me what the HIVE-numbers is all about. I have seen it but never found any info on what it actually is, if you can suggest some reading matter about it.
May you have a blessed and inspired 2020.
By what I see and understand, Hive is the new beta.steemit.com, each community signing up will be registered with a number. This was discussed at SteemFest and started shortly after, perhaps some with more insight will be available to explain further.
Happy New Year @julianhorack to you and your family.
The HIVE-numbers are from the new communities - if you use the Hive-number as your first tag it will show up in that communities community page. I belong to a few communities.
Natural medicine is hive-120078 there trending page is https://beta.steemit.com/trending/hive-120078
You can view different communities on the left hand menu and subscribe to them then they will show up in your communities on the left hand menu.
Powerhousecreatives is hive-114105
Go to https://beta.steemit.com and sign in just like you would on steemit then join some communities and carry on from there.
Sorry I don't have a link for further reading. I learned most from the Natural Medicine discord server.
Hope that helps!
Have a Happy New Year!
Nice tips. @porters, and a timely post as many people are trying to create new habits.
#posh https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1202004359988140&id=1003470073174904
Everything in Moderation, is what my Dad always said, don't set yourself up for failure take one step at a time.
This related to most things in life, example... wanting to diet and lose weight, walk each day and halve you plate, never take everything away or you start craving for the things you cut out completely.
Wishing you a wonderful 2020 thanks for informative posts.
Hope you have a wonderful 2020 too!
Great advise from your dad - thanks for sharing!
Some good advice here my friend, to replace bad habits with good habits is always a great thing to do for the self.
I also used some symbolism in my post today to depart some tips.
Blessings!
Happy new year @porters! Excellent tips here on making changes, I totally agree that one can only succeed in the long run by implementing new habits/practices one by one. Often trying to make too many at once is just setting ourselves up for failure as we need to be comfortable in lifestyle changes! Thank you for the inspiration.
Posted using Partiko Android
I didn't set any strict resolutions but I do have some plan. Thanks for sharing the step-by-step process. It will help me a lot, I guess.