zen habits: How to Stick to a Habit When Life Falls Apart |
How to Stick to a Habit When Life Falls Apart Posted: 12 Mar 2013 10:42 AM PDT
By Leo BabautaWe’d like to think that making positive life changes is a straight line from beginning to where we want to go. But life has taught us differently. Experience shows us that you can start a new habit (let’s say working out) and things go great for awhile, and then life gets in the way. Things get messy. Things fall apart. We have a few bad days, or a huge project to work on at work, or relationship problems, or a family crisis, or we get sick. What do we do when life gets messy and our habits fall to the wayside? Well, give up, obviously. Actually, I take that back. We tend to give up, because when things get in the way and we mess up on our habits, it’s a little discouraging, even depressing. But it doesn’t have to be. There are a few things you can do instead:
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