Your Best Habits Defined Here!

Preparing yourself for your best year yet in many ways not only starts with discovering what habits are the best to start but also entails being realistic about what your natural proclivities are most certainly not.

If you’re horrible at fine arts for instance and don’t really enjoy them, don’t force yourself to make this a new goal.

If you know you hate running and don’t get much from it, scratch it off the list!

If your spouse loves World War II but it bores you to death, don’t make that your next crowned jewel for a marriage assignment (although you may want to study up just a few min here and there and love them!)

Yes, finding out who you are and being OK with who you’re not is part of the whole process of making really good, reasonable, and truly worthy goals throughout your year!

But what are your goals for this year? Try to write down at least 2-3 goals with me right now. Refine the ones you already set into place if you’ve already done so. An E+M certified coach can be a great resource to help you in this!

OK, now I want you to put some legs on these goals by making sure these goals fit the Atomic Habits success mold.

Are they:

Obvious? (I have planned when and how I will do it)

Attractive? (I have given myself a mindset to remember how badly I want and need this)

Easy? (I can do them for at least 2 min a day generally)

and

Satisfying? (I will feel good and reward myself well for doing these goals)

If so, then you’re ready to begin!

Here’s how I want you to get into this…

First, set up your environment for success!

How? This will require planning for cues and some margin but trust me, you’re worth it to set this margin and to set up these cues.

I want you to plan now when you will set yourself up for success so these goals are truly obvious to you each day!

A cue may be water bottles in every room or setting out workout clothes or timer to shut the Netflix off for earlier bedtimes.

Margin may look like you setting your alarm five minutes earlier each morning so you can prepare for your new habits or give yourself a specified date and time for preparing foods early in the week.

You also want to make these goals attractive, remember, so find some good spots in your home to make your goals look appealing. Clean an area of the home you’ll be working on your goals in or buy fresh foods and set them up in an attractive basket, for example.

Also, as you work on these habits, it’s OK if you miss a day or two. Just hop back on and write your goals in a space you won’t forget them again, such as at the top your written planner or calendar each month!

Last but not least, don’t feel bad if you have started goals in the past but have fallen off a bit here and there.

That’s part of it all and you would NEVER regret a day spent doing something healthy, now would you?

That’s right, so join me in building new and healthy habits, even if it’s literally just starting with something good for one minute a day for your relationship and also for yourself.

And don’t forget writing this down helps you move from 38% likelihood to 91% likelihood of doing the new tasks!