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Sunday, 14 June 2020

Atomic Habits - a book by James Clear



This week instead of working on Habit of the Week, let's  take a look at habits themselves. The formation of a habit relies on establishing a regular pattern of behaviour.

For our usual postural  Habit of The Week, I rely on my memory when I wish to perform the habit, hopefully, 100 times a day. - so, little and often is an easy and safe way to make a small improvement.    The idea is that these small  lead to adaptation without the risk of injury.

However, my memory is unreliable, so I appreciate James Clear's hacks which take  memory out of the equation.
Here are two ideas from James Clear.

1.  Habit Stacking

The habit stack means put two actions together... for the first action choose something you do every day, at a regular time is ideal.  Then simply pair that action with some behaviour that you want to do.
For example, when you put the kettle on in the morning practice balancing  on one leg.  I sweep the kitchen while the kettle is boiling.

2.  Make good habits easy, make bad habits hard.

While habit stacking is about clever timetabling, This topic involves organizing your environment.  Here is an example to illustrate- If I set out my clothes and walking shoes in the evening, it is easy to go for a walk the next morning. I made it easy, a no-brainer.

Alternatively, James Clear says he wants to drink less beer, he puts the cans in the back of the fridge instead of the fridge door.

I imagine we are all doing some form of these strategies right now.  I would love to hear your ideas.  You can comment or email. 
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