saturnv
Active Member
It is tempting to try to make many changes at the same time. I have found it is most effective to focus on making one new habit at a time while maintaining the old ones. After doing the thing for a month or two, it is decently established and I can try to add something else. Sometimes life isn't going well and my habits are all disrupted. At those times I focus on basics. I think the most impactful habit is regular exercise so I start there.
I use a phone app called Things 3 to keep track of things I want to do. You can put in recurring events like exercise that happen on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, for example. Or it could be clean the coffee grinder that happens two weeks after the last time. Everyday it gives me a list of things that past me thought would be good to do that day. I view it as suggestions and do the things I can and delete the ones I can't. That way I don't feel like a failure for not doing everything. With the recurring things, I can just try again when it comes up next time.
I use a phone app called Things 3 to keep track of things I want to do. You can put in recurring events like exercise that happen on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, for example. Or it could be clean the coffee grinder that happens two weeks after the last time. Everyday it gives me a list of things that past me thought would be good to do that day. I view it as suggestions and do the things I can and delete the ones I can't. That way I don't feel like a failure for not doing everything. With the recurring things, I can just try again when it comes up next time.