Have you ever remembered how did you smoke for the first time? or how did you get the first time eating fast food? Now let's take a deep close to ourselves. We are smoking every day or eating fast food quite often by our habits. Every little choice does matter because every small choice can turn into daily habits. Daily habits can lead us to a big impact on our life. If we want to make big changes in our life or accomplish big goals or do big things, then we have to realise the importance of tiny details along the way.
Nowadays, we are living in an instant gratification society. We want all things to happen instantly and have a hard time investing energy into anything that takes longer than a couple of days. Changing the way we think is absolutely difficult since it's a part of our habits. Instead of chasing the quickest way, we could learn to set long-term goals and divide them into smaller choices. So let's take a deep closer to how to get good habits from small choices.
The importance of small daily action. Small choices are important to get people started and master the process of building habits gradually. It creates small wins that propel you forward. People give up on the way because the process takes more time than expected. Let's say you want to wake up in the morning earlier than before when you choose to prepare yourself such as a louder alarm, drinking water after waking up or take a small exercise after waking up. After several months of doing that, it will be guaranteed to change your habit.
Write down several ideas per day. Coming up with great ideas requires the act of creating actionable ideas. Carry a journal with you, or make use of the notepad on your phone and, throughout the day, write down every idea that comes to mind. There is something about writing your ideas down that makes the brain feel like the idea was acknowledged. Try to do this for a couple of days and you'll see the impact.
Proactive with your time. Time goes on, and life goes on. This is inevitable, but what you do with your time is what makes the difference between reaching your goals or not, whether your goal is losing your smoking habit or sleeping late. It is the small choices repeated daily that will make the difference in your habits. Let's say your goal is to stop smoking, would you be more likely to reach your habits if you chose to eat some snacks or chewing gum.
Small choices are the key to creating a big habit that can change our life. Identify one small choice you can focus on for several months and start adding other choices. One day, it will make new habits automatically. Remember, do not be in hurry to form small habits. Ok, that's all for today mates. Hopefully, you have learned something new today and as always have a nice day 😀.
References:
- The Unstoppable Power of Your Small Daily Choices (2021). Available at: https://www.wholelifechallenge.com/the-unstoppable-power-of-your-small-daily-choices/.
- Kane, E. (2014) How Small Decisions Make Big Life Changes – Wanderlust, Wanderlust. Available at: https://wanderlust.com/journal/small-decisions-make-big-life-changes/.
- Small Habits Are The Key To Big Change - 90 Day Movement (2020). Available at: https://90daymovement.com/small-habits/.
- 7 Tiny Habits That Lead to Huge Results (2016). Available at: https://www.inc.com/nicolas-cole/7-tiny-habits-that-lead-to-huge-results.html.
- Habits: Small Actions can have Big Results (2022). Available at: https://www.antonsten.com/habits/.
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