Simple Hacks to Help You Build New Habits

BUILDING NEW HABITS

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Get Some Help – Simple Hacks to Help You Build New Habits  

Building new habits isn’t easy. Here are six simple hacks that will make it a little easier. Use them until you’ve internalized the new habit and don’t need them anymore.  

Schedule It and Put It on The To-Do List  

Sometimes we forget to do that new thing we were trying. Maybe we forget that we’re supposed to be having eggs for breakfast instead of a stack of waffles, or that we need to get that daily walk in.  

Schedule your new habits or make them part of your daily to-do list until they become something you do automatically. 

Make It Public and Be Accountable  

  

Let family and friends know what new habits you’re trying to establish. They will call you out if you don’t stick to your plan and get you back on track.  

You may even go as far as sharing it publicly on Facebook or write a blog about your new journey. Knowing that others read it and know about it might be just enough to keep you going when you feel like throwing in the towel.  

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 Brig back on A Habit You Already Have  

 

Whenever possible, add the new habit to one you already have. For example, if you fix a cup of tea or coffee at 4pm, and you want to get in the habit of taking a daily walk, make the new ritual to go for your walk and then come back and enjoy your tea.   

It’s much easier to amend an existing habit or ritual than building an entirely new one.  

Make Slipups Costly  
 

Here’s a fun idea. Put a jar on the kitchen counter and each time you slip back into your bad habit or forget to stick to the new one you have to put five pounds in the jar. It will quickly help you remember to skip that sugary food and motivate you to go out for that walk. For extra motivation donate the money to charity at the end of the month or hand it over to your spouse to go spend on him or herself.  

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