This June I Will...
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I’m adding one more tool to my arsenal with this group. I need all the help I can get to maintain. 😂
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TerriRichardson112 wrote: »I’m adding one more tool to my arsenal with this group. I need all the help I can get to maintain. 😂
Terri
I've registered for the Tiny Habits free course starting next Monday.1 -
BodyTalking wrote: »The changes I've made to my initial tiny-habits list are to move some to an any-time-of-the-day list. I'm never going to be a morning person and it's just silly to try to fit things in.
Morning routine:
After I brush my teeth & weigh myself, I'll take my meds & vits and drink water.
After that, I'll charge my Fitbit and get washed and ready for the day ahead.
After that, I'll have breakfast.
After breakfast, I'll leave for work, walk for 10 mins (to the underground) and think happy thoughts. If I'm working from home or it's the weekend, I'll step or cycle for 10 mins.
Anytime: After/While I do ..., I'll do ...!
...Lie on Shakti mat for 10 mins.
...Take a mindful rest.
...Duolingo language learning.
...Puzzle app.
...Delete/unsubscribe emails.
...Note down tasks & priorities.
...Do daily exercises.
...Clean or tidy something.
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TerriRichardson112 wrote: »TerriRichardson112 wrote: »I’m adding one more tool to my arsenal with this group. I need all the help I can get to maintain. 😂
Terri
I've registered for the Tiny Habits free course starting next Monday.
@TerriRichardson112
Terrific! I still use his flock trick!!!
Time well spent!
Since you have maintained awhile now like several others in the group, I’ll offer two ideas.
Divide your habits into
1. SOLID - no need to track
2. Sorta Solid - need a bit more practice to solidify
3. New
Then identify if the ones in Sorta Solid are still your top next priorities. Also assess how wobbly they are.
SOLID:
Then design your I Will for July. For example,
We both exercise daily, calories under, and track. Those are SOLID so I wouldn’t put them on tracker. Besides I use UAC for them
Im doing art every day I wouldn’t add it.
SORTA SOLID:
So I’d look for the next tier… I’ve fallen down on my healthy breakfast. It won’t be hard to re-Instate that habit, but it will take some effort, so I’ll add it to my trackers.
My upper body exercise habit I began june 7 is going great, but needs more time (takes 66 days, they say) so I’d add it to tracker.
NEW: I’m going to work on stopping grabbing little bits of bread or chocolate (which I weigh & track) at various times of the day. I think it was better when I had designated eating times.
This will be where 95% of my energy & tracking will go.
Looking back, I found the post in March 2020 when I introduced paper trackers. Posting in case they appeal to anyone.
I’m going to do one for July as I’m struggling a bit with various things & I think coloring in the tracker will be encouraging, fun, and pleasant.
@77tes has continued using these successfully!!
They can be a simple grid or a colorful page!
Others such as @texasgardnr & @nebslp use a list of dates with a designated emoji for each day they do the habit.
Have fun!
🌸Maddie
PS again- totally optional - but I do them when I feel my habits begin to slip a bit.2 -
@MadisonMolly2017
Good suggestions. I’ve used the habits tracker circle so am planning to use that again.1 -
Repost from intro strand:
Building Healthy Habits helps me figure out HOW to achieve my weight, exercise, tracking goals in my own particular situation AND how to add or modify my habits as my life situation changes. Also, a very experienced & knowledgeable group of folks.
When I joined BHH years ago, we posted daily more. I’m planning to go back to that in July; I think it worked better. I’ll post my daily tracker each day.
I did create two groups (one for the trackers & one for more general chit chat in the past but a few found it confusing.
We’ll have to see if folks comments get overwhelmed by the photos of trackers. If so, I’ll create a second group.
We also have a Declutterfest strand, as this seems to go hand in hand with weight loss & CREATING the LIFE WE Always DREAMED OF!
🌸Maddie & 🌷Denise
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Just a quick reminder…
Today’s a great day to decide on the habit(s) you’ll work on in July! (Refer to 1st page of “June I Will” for info.) @themedalist will be posting “July I Will” soon.
One habit can be plenty!
Or, you may like to have habits that you continue to find important to track & choose to add one or two more.
Remember, you can modify any time. Sometimes I realize the habit I set is “done” within the first week & I’ll add an additional one. Conversely, Sometimes I’ll realize I need to break a habit into smaller steps & tackle one.
So eat a healthy foods at one point was too big. So was eat a healthy breakfast. I realized the habit I needed to focus upon was around groceries in the house. Later it was having a larger variety of breakfast options etc.
Feel free to post your habit for July and/or your beginning tracker in this strand until July 1’s Discussion is up!
I can’t wait to see what you’re thinking of doing!
🌸Maddie & 🌷Denise
PS @themedalist Please let me know if you’d like me to do July I Will - if you are particularly swamped. 💕
PPS
Here’s the one I’m using as inspiration to modify & create my July tracker…
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@MadisonMolly2017 what beautiful trackers! Thanks for the inspiration! I got a free one online that I will use. Since I'm also a member of the UAC, I feel that my "solid" habits are tracking and exercise (walking).
For July, I want to work on stretching/yoga for 5-10 minutes every morning and 10k steps every single day. (I'm pretty good at this one). Oh, and I also signed up for BJ Foggs Free 5-day course (Tiny Habits). Thanks for the recommendation!
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@PKM0515
I would love to know what puzzle app you're using!
Just now, I'm using BlokuDoku. I've had a variety of others but have stuck with this one for a while now. It can be played offline while commuting and that have a daily game. When I'm really tired at night, it can actually help me fall asleep. I also started playing June's Journey and had a Jigsaw app for a while.
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Mrs_Hoffer wrote: »@MadisonMolly2017 what beautiful trackers! Thanks for the inspiration! I got a free one online that I will use. Since I'm also a member of the UAC, I feel that my "solid" habits are tracking and exercise (walking).
For July, I want to work on stretching/yoga for 5-10 minutes every morning and 10k steps every single day. (I'm pretty good at this one). Oh, and I also signed up for BJ Foggs Free 5-day course (Tiny Habits). Thanks for the recommendation!
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@Mrs_Hoffer AWESOME on all counts!
I really think self-care, big why’s, creative problem solving, and baby habits are the keys to long term success!1 -
OK, here’s what I have so far:
Was SOLID but need to get back to that now that family has flown home!
Top right flower- 1/3 of petal for each: steps/calories/track to the gram
SOLID, but want to be sure it stays that way!
Middle flower- daily art practice
Sorta-solid: Tip of each petal is for DAILY drawing.
Began June 7. Going great, but I know it will slip if I don’t track daily.
Bottom right flower - 2 small circles are stretches/massage
Chart bottom left is where I will note my completed upper body exercises
I might add one more habit- still deciding.
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Oh my the trackers are all so amazing! I’ll be back to post mine at the end of the day.1
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Ok, I posted July’s “I Will” since our newcomers are raring to go!
Please shift to that group for July posts, please, but feel free to finish off JUNE here!!!
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Here’s my tracker for June goal of tracking all habits in Habit Bull. I’ll count reaching 90% accountable as a win. I track 10 things. Taking my pills, needlework, and reading are all at my acceptance level of over 70%. Now that I’m in the habit of tracking, I will take that off my list next month. My passions are needlework and reading so those are easy peasy, so I’ll keep them on just for fun. I’m going on a trip next week, so will focus on one, maybe 2 things that I can do with a little effort while traveling.
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@SummerSkier I love purple martins! I used to see them on campus all the time, but since I haven’t been on campus this year, I haven’t seen any. This week a fledgling towhee has been hopping around our backyard.
@nebslp I jealous of your quilt vacation. I’d really like to make a quilt, but it’s a pretty big project.
@angelic843 - figuring out how habits fits together is difficult, but once the routine works, it’s magic!
I also do Duolingo and Sudoku every day.
I loved my tree pose habit. It was small and doable, so I did it, only missing one day. I’d like to do something similar in July while continuing the trees. I think my balance has definitely improved. Something interesting I discovered - my balance is much better in the morning than the evening.
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Hi all, earlier I caught up with everyone's posts. I enjoyed reading every one of them! The second half of June was more difficult for me and I got very behind on posting, although at times I'd check in how everyone was doing but wasn't really up to writing mine. I was only about a 50-50 improvement on getting more sleep, but did much better on not zoning out on watching the YouTube channels that were interesting. Last week I unsubscribed from several more channels and only kept my original few that I like to check in with or watch/listen to, but aren't 'addictive' for me 🥱😴.
I loved all the creative trackers. Well done! Thank you for sharing 💖.
I'll see you all in July.... tomorrow. I'm still working out which habit(s) to track in July.
Good night y'all 😴⏰
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texasgardnr wrote: »I was only about a 50-50 improvement on getting more sleep, but did much better on not zoning out on watching the YouTube channels that were interesting. Last week I unsubscribed from several more channels and only kept my original few that I like to check in with or watch/listen to, but aren't 'addictive' for me 🥱😴.
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@texasgardnr Making little changes in our environment can bring about big changes in our results. I love that you found a way to cut back on YouTube videos by unsubscribing to your “less than favorites”.
That will remove the temptation to watch so you can focus more on what you do want to do (like sleep)!3
