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Time management may affect more than we think. “Those who struggle with time management are more likely to experience stress, sleep issues, anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues”.

With this being said, centering focus on the smaller things in life to get 1 percent better each day rather than taking massive action. This is the exact reason why new year's resolutions never work, massive success does not require massive action.

If instead you center focus on things that seem small and unimportant like the tasks James Clear was doing in recovery from his baseball injury, it would help to build the foundation to get better each day. -“the quality of our lives often depends on the quality of our habits”

Excerpt From: James Clear. “Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results.” Apple Books.

And this quote made me think about all of my habits, and the one that stands out the most to me is something the book calls half work. An example is watching a YouTube video while you write an essay. The book explains we are never fully committed to either task, and it ends up taking twice as long to finish half the task.

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It explains that feeling when you've been running for a month straight, yet your body looks the same. It is compatible with the straw that broke the camel's back. Most of us when instilling a new habit in our life will try it and stop somewhere in the valley of disappointment on the Plateau because we are not seeing results. When in reality if we just held out a little longer the curve of results shoots up. Smart goals also do not work for everyone because they are result based, while systems are about the actual process that led to those results.

Achieving goals only changes your life for a moment while habits lay a foundation. The more you repeat good behavior, the more you will reinforce it as a part of my identity. “Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become”

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There are two main mindsets. Having a growth mindset, which is learning from your failures and developing abilities. And a fixed mindset, which is being set in your ways, not willing to change. Self-awareness allows us to recognize and manage emotions.

If we can establish a growth mindset, and manage our emotions we will be more ample to make it through the "valley of disappointment"

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How to Develop a System Around Good Habits

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How to Develop a System Around Good Habits

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Work back from the end goal to see what kind of a person achieves those goals. Questioning yourself through the eyes of someone else to see what kind of person achieves these goals.

For example, if my goal is to cut out junk food, before I eat if I ask myself 'would a healthy person eat this' and base my decision off of that. Focus on being that type of person, not the specific outcome(goal).

“Habits do not restrict freedom. They create it”

Excerpt From: James Clear. “Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results.” Apple Books.

This is how you will be able to create that mental space for thinking and creativity. When you have your basic habits dialed in, your mind is free to focus on new challenges.

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Habits are based person to person and happen from a cue, craving, response, and reward. Just like how I drive past a donut shop on the weekends. I then crave it as I drive by, so I pull over and reward, myself with a donut. Now every time I drive by, I want to stop and get one, creating a small, but bad habit to my health.

The more I repeat this habit, the more "normalized" I will think of said habit. With effective self-management and conscious decisions, you can resist these negative habits by always thinking about your decisions, as well as being in the present moment and not in cruise control.

Talk to someone around you on a habit you unconsciously make and if you could improve habit in any way.

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Something I have implemented in my life right away is the habit tracking method shown in the book atomic habits. This is in place of a To- Do list.

Using the +, -, and = to grade my habits and decipher whether the habit is benefit to my wellbeing rather than crossing off a to do list. Effective habits like brushing your teeth and making a cup of tea would get a + while looking at your phone would get a -.

Half of the battle is knowing what a bad habit is. A good analogy for thus would be to look it at from an outside perspective.

Get out a scrap paper write all of your routines or habits down on the paper, grade them, and then switch papers and see what a different perspective grades you.

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“By sprinkling triggers throughout your surroundings, you increase the odds that you’ll think about your habit throughout the day”

Excerpt From: James Clear. “Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results.” Apple Books.

Something you can do is making the cues for my preferred habits more obvious. Environment design is being aware of surrounding environmental parameters when creating plans/habits.

This is beneficial because it gives a sense of control and understanding of how cues will work both positively and negatively.  EX. studying extra for a test by leaving it loud and proud on the table for me when I wake up the next morning. What Examples can you think of?

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Temptation bundling is when you link the action you want to do with an action you need to do. For example if I need to do the dishes and laundry, an action I need to do. I will watch shows on my computer while I do these tasks. This cues a visually pleasing reward with a task I do not enjoy doing. “The habit stacking + temptation bundling formula is:

After [CURRENT HABIT], I will [HABIT I NEED].
After [HABIT I NEED], I will [HABIT I WANT].”

Excerpt From: James Clear. “Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results.” Apple Books.

The hope of this is that you will begin to want to do the undesired activity because of the reward that follows.