When you are creating new habits, remember that you can have a new habit for different areas of your life. You don’t have to limit yourself to just one. Here are some opportunities for improving your outlook and your habits in the new year.
Where are You Falling Behind?
Before creating your first new habit, think of where in your life you are falling behind – where you don’t focus as much attention as the other areas of your life. Most people have at least one. Maybe you work hard but neglect your health. Or you eat healthy but have trouble saving money. Maybe you don’t get enough sleep.
What do You Complain About the Most?
Think about the last time you complained about what isn’t working
in your life. Do you complain that you are always late to work? That you can’t
seem to pay your bills on time or in full? That your clothes don’t fit? That you never have enough time to get
everything done? Maybe you should
incorporate a new habit to mitigate the need to complain.
Choosing
Your New Habits
Remember that even if you come up with a list of new habits
to form in your life, you still want to start with just one at a time. Even if
you have 5 small habits all for the same end result, you want to start with
just one of them before moving on to the next.
How do you know it is time to develop a new habit? When the
last one you created is something you don’t even have to think about anymore.
That is when you know you are ready for the next habit.
Everyone has habits each day of their life, even if you
don’t realize it. They aren’t always something you constantly think about. It
might be your cup of coffee in the morning or the way you drive to work. What
you want to do now is create new habits that will further improve your health
and your life.