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I'm thrilled to see @PackerFanInGB and @77tes are back this month! Welcome back! We've missed you!
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Hello Everyone! "I am a person who is reliable. If I say I will do something, I will do it." Even if it takes me awhile! Maddie asked if I could write a post about my experience with VR and some considerations if you are interested in exploring this new technology. So happy to hear @TerriRichardson112, @BMcC9, and…
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Hi Everyone! I haven’t had much opportunity to post this month, but I’ve been reading your updates and it’s wonderful to see identity based habits taking root! So much so that our March challenge that I will post tonight will be a continuation of this theme. And I love that several of you have already decided what your…
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Wow… there’s a 4:30AM? 😀 I am also a morning exerciser but that’s usually in the 7:00 to 8:00 am timeframe. Nothing happens before coffee.
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This makes me so happy to hear, Maddie! For me, the concept of identity based habits was very alien at first. If you wanted to create new habits, why not just focus on the new habit? But if your new habit isn’t aligned with how you see yourself and who you are, it probably won’t have much staying power. Changing how we see…
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@MadisonMolly2017, I’m happy to post more specifics about my experience with VR and how one might get started. I’ll do that soon. I just saw this in James Clear’s newsletter and it seems so appropriate for our challenge this month! From the philosopher Epictetus: “Now is the time to get serious about living your ideals.…
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Hello Everyone! I am loving your “who am I?” responses and how you’ll deepen your identity perceptions this month. Like @jamcnewman, I wanted a little time to think about what I want to focus on this month. Like many people in this group, I am a very growth oriented person. I think life is an adventure to be lived fully…
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Great attitude, @snowshoe072! Often rest is best as it takes time to recover. I have the same promise to myself that I will not regain the 50 pounds that I lost in 2011. For me, daily weigh-ins are the key. Weight gain happens incrementally so it’s important to me to stay in my 3 pound weight range. When I exceed it, I go…
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@sewfast, great job inspiring your friends to start walking as well. I can understand how their request to change your routine to accommodate them would be frustrating. I’m glad you made the statement that these morning walks are just for you and that your friends understood this. The oxygen mask analogy hits the…
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Great infographics, @TerriRichardson112! I’m going to use them for my Quitting the Sitting social media posts this week. Thanks for posting.
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Welcome to our group, @Tgifcindy! If you are enjoying Atomic Habits and getting a lot out of it, you are in the right group!
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@snowshoe072, this is always an issue for us cold climate dwellers isn’t it? This is my front yard right now: For me, having a good quality treadmill that I can always use has been huge. I bought a Landice treadmill 20 years ago and it comes with lifetime maintenance on all parts. I’ve had it serviced a few times because I…
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Good call, @donna25trinity. We shouldn’t have to force ourselves to do the habits we are trying to build. They might need a bit of nudging first, but they shouldn’t add to our stress. And great job not turning to food for comfort. I saw this early on in my MFP journey and it’s stuck with me: “if hunger isn’t the problem,…
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Hold that thought, @BMcC9! It has a starring role in our February challenge!
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Hello Everyone! You might have noticed a new page in our Announcement section: the Nuts and Bolts of Habit Building. Maddie and I wanted a separate page for helping our new members get started with habit building by including examples of some of the beautiful trackers you’ve created over the last year and providing our 2…
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I agree! Beautiful pictures, @sewfast! Thanks for sharing. So glad you are getting outdoors!
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Since all new habits require lots of repetition to make them stick, we highly recommend you use a habit tracker to log your daily progress. Tracker Types: • Paper - plenty of free ones or create your own. A simple sheet of paper works! Check out the beautiful trackers below that our members have created to track their…
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Hello! If you are new to our group, please read our Newcomers Guide before diving into this document. It will help you decide if this group is a good fit for you. Just as nuts and bolts hold physical objects together, new fledgling habits also need structure and fasteners to hold them together. Building new habits is a…
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@BMcC9, regarding your 34% or 30% target, maybe get to 34% see how you feel, and at your next doctors appointment maybe check in with them about it? To me, the biggest thing is what is sustainable for you? Clearly that takes time to figure out. I’ve been hovering at just under 30% for about 10 years now. Although I…
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And now I want a ukulele! :) Enjoy @sewfast!
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Hello Everyone! With work back in full swing and a report due to my town next week on my trustees work, I’m finding it hard to check-in as often as I’d like, but I will post on the weekend and when possible mid week. So many great updates! A few thoughts come to mind. @donna25trinity, I also love your “make my toddler…
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@jamcnewman, realizing you’ve taken on too much and need to scale back is a great observation! Habit building is all trial and error and figuring out what works for us. Banishing your phone at night and starting the morning with some water are two great small habits. Getting 10K steps in requires more effort, but it’s a…
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@Jana_2020, that is a funny coincidence! James Clear is a leading authority on habits and his book, Atomic Habits, is terrific. I gave a powerpoint presentation to our graduate students (all scientists and engineers) on how habits work last January and gave out copies of his book. One of the students shared with me months…
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Hi Everyone! I am really enjoying reading your updates! I wanted to let you all know that James Clear is offering a free “30 Days to Better Habits” email course right now. I’ve taken quite a few online workshops from James including his habits academy and he is very knowledgeable about habits, an excellent teacher, and…
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It’s so exciting to stop in and see so many posts from our new members as well as veteran habit builders! @PackerFanInGB, so happy to see you here! We can only imagine how terrible and destabilizing it is to lose a job you’ve had for 30 years. Of course you needed to step back for awhile until things are more settled.…
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My January focus will be on improving my balance. Thank you, @BMcC9 for the idea! My balance is not good and though I’ve tried various balance exercises in the past, nothing has stuck. I’ll be using habit stacking to increase the odds of this seedling habit having some staying power. I’m attaching it to a very powerful…
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Welcome back, @BodyTalking! We have missed you but I understand sometimes we need to step away. Glad you are back!
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And here’s my completed December habit tracker. Both the “happy lamp” amend BitGym are firmly entrenched habits and both are helping bring more light in daily. Didn’t use the lamp on the 29th, not a biggie.
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@BMcC9, I love what you wrote: “This 30 Days of Doodles was meant to be a way to start to break the dam of resistance, and not let my "inner critic" talk me out of even trying.” I don’t have experience silencing an “inner critic”, but I have loads of experience doing things at what others would perceive as at mediocre…
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Well done, @TerriRichardson112 on Daily Habits tracked 30/30 days! Bravo!
