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Habits and Willpower
It’s hard to keep up willpower for any length of time. Yes, we can stick to a low-fat 1,000 calorie diet and go hungry for a week or two, but eventually our willpower fades. And yes, we can do exercise we hate for a while… until we run out of willpower. Understanding the relationship between habits and willpower can help you stick to your resolutions and truly improve your life in the long term. But what about getting up to take the kids to school every morning, brushing our teeth or going to work every day. Those may not be our favorite things to do either, but we do them…
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The Benefits of Routine and Good Habits
Have you ever noticed that it gets harder to make decisions toward the end of the day? You’re too tried to figure out what to have for dinner or what to watch on TV. That’s because we all have a finite amount of decisions that we can make in any given day. One of the benefits of routine is that some of those decisions have been made ahead of time. Knowing that helps us prioritize. We can cut out a lot of decision making by implementing habits and routines. That way we save them for the important stuff. It also frees brain space for more creative and productive thinking. Routines…
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How Your Feelings Affect Your Habits
Have you ever noticed how your feelings affect your habits every day? It’s even true that feeling a certain way can BECOME a habit. And these habits can have an effect on your life even if you aren’t aware of it. For example if you grew up in a home where your parents always argued, you may develop a fear of relationships. You may think it is perfectly normal for adults to constantly argue. If you have been surrounded by money issues, then this subject can always make you fearful or angry. A habit is just a set of steps that you do repeatedly, so you can see how negative…
