Hey there.
Have you ever thought about how your life is a measurement of your habits? This includes all areas of your life. Your weight and health is a measurement of your eating and exercise habits. Your net worth is a measurement of your financial habits. Your knowledge is a measurement of your learning habits. Your clutter is a measurement of your cleaning habits. And you can bet on one thing for certain --
--you get the same results if you repeat the same habits!
So unless you start making habit changes in the areas where you want to make life changes, you’ll always end up with the same results.
The quality of our lives depends on the quality of our habits.
What is one area where you’d like to make a change? Physical? Spiritual? Financial? Relationships? Your career or purpose at this point in your life? (By the way, I call these the “Big Five”. More on those in a future blog!) Choose one small habit change in that area that you’d like to incorporate into your day.
Perhaps it’s 5 sit-ups a day. Or making daily time to journal/read/pray. Or maybe you want to think about spending 15 minutes a day – or even a week -- learning about financial habits (and implementing them, of course).
Whatever you choose, remember to keep it small and move forward every day. If you’re not moving forward, you’ll eventually be moving backward.
Here are three questions you can ask yourself to help you come up with an area in which you’d like to change. Perhaps these questions will inspire and motivate you to determine some actions as well.
1. Think about your life in 5-10 years or maybe even 20. What did you miss out on because you did not make a change? Recognize what your lack of good habits has cost you and what they will continue to cost you.
2. Think about that future you – that you in 5-10 years. What advice would that future self tell you about the area in which you’d like to make a change?
3. Consider yourself a year from now and consider that you haven’t made any changes. What actions would that future you wish you would have taken?
Are your habits putting you on the path to success? Change those habits and the success will follow.
Here’s to your health!