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30 New Habits in 30 Days
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Every night I go to bed thinking tomorrow I will do this new healthy thing I know will be good for me. Every morning I wake up and decide to start the healthy habit tomorrow because while it seemed like a great idea yesterday, today is not the right day to begin.
Tomorrows become todays and the promises of yesterdays fade with the reality of daylight and the immediacy of the now.
The only way to change a downward slide is to start inching upward.
Step one is deciding.
Here is my plan. April has 30 days, the perfect amount of time for a habit formation experiment. Each day in April I will add a new habit. I commit to keeping the habit for 30 days. So the totality of the experiment will last for 60 days as whatever habit I start on April 30 will last until May 30.
As I add in new habits I will continue to do the habits I’ve already started. My theory is positive momentum builds positive momentum. While adding new habits daily is a tad extreme, I will be fully immersed in new habit mode. Each habit I add will remind me that I am in a change my life through small steps scenario.
