The Powerful Results of Adding a New Habit Every Day for 30 Days

If I can do it, anyone can

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What happens when you add one new habit every day for an entire month?

You end up with 30 new habits and a definite upward trajectory in your life.

In many ways, this is merely the halfway point of my experiment. I have created 30 new habits, but since I added them one a day some of them are only a few days old. Throughout the month of May, I will be evaluating each habit as it reaches the 30-day mark and deciding if I love it, need to tweak it, or let it go.

Here are the lessons about habits I’ve learned so far.

Small is good

Starting with small, easy habits is hardly an original idea. A quick Amazon search yields a slew of titles:

• Tiny Habits: Why Starting Small Makes Lasting Change Easy — BJ Fogg
• Atomic Habits — James Clear, “Tiny Habits, Remarkable Results”
• Mini Habits: Smaller Habits, Bigger Results — Stephen Guise
• Little Habits Mastery — Emily Collins
• Small Habits Revolution: 10 Steps To Transforming Your Life Through The Power Of Mini Habits! — Damon Zahariades