Habits

by Mary Bigler
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"If you create an act, you create a habit.
If you create a habit, you create a character.
If your create a character, you create a destiny."
 
They create your destiny.
 
Here we are into the second calendar month already.
 
How was January for you? 
 
A. Great! You set some new goals and are on a steady course, making progress.
 
B. OK. Not quite in the swing of your New Year's resolutions yet but you have plenty of time.
 
C. You already gave up on the resolutions.
 
D. What resoultions?
 
If you want off the same old stuff/autopilot setting, you have to first decide something is worth the effort it will take to change it.
 
Once you firmly decide, you have to act.
You are what you repeatedly do, so choose actions thoughtfully.
 
Act consistently, LONG enough to make the new behavior a habit or until you realize it's time to change course because the timing or strategy wasn't quite right.
 
We've all heard it takes at least 21 days, often longer, to instill an new behavior.
 
What you might not realize is that new neurological connections (brain function) must be formed to replace the old, familiar circuitry deeply carved by 'old', now automatic habits.
  
This takes time, not will-power.
 
How much depends on how much time you devote to practice (consistency) and how invested you are in the result. 
 
You might have heard the familiar football slogan 
 'Who wants it more?'.
How much do you want it?
 
Like a well-worn bike path, a new trail must be blazed elsewhere if you want to erase the traces of the old one. Soon, the new trail (habit) will become well-worn and the old one fades with each passing day.
 
What new trails are you wanting to blaze?
 
I'd like to offer a few popular tools many have used to successully instill a new habit that was critical to reaching an important goal.
 
Thoughtfully review the list, try them on, then choose ONE strategy (or create one of your own) and fully commit to Being/Doing it for at least the next 21 days.

Mary Bigler is a Life Coach specializing in the universal principles of Attraction. She is an experienced workshop and teleclass leader for those journeying along a path of self-discovery and personal expansion. Mary loves to see people tap into their ability to live life fully engaged, vibrant and full of all they dream about Being/Doing/Having. She most enjoys helping people become deliberate creators of their life experiences.