Picking up multiple habits simultaneously

If you feel like picking up a new habit, don't start from scratch. It is easier when you associate a new habit to one that already exists. 

This way, it will seem less work and fewer changes. In the end, both notions tend to scare us, so why not better avoid them?

• Thinking really small: it accumulates and adds up in a big way;
  
• Shifting your evironment, so that good habits are easier to keep;
  
• Piggybacking new habits on old habits: 
  
• Surrounding yourself with good people:
  
• Keeping it simple: short lists, rea...

The best way to turn a behavior into a habit is to use a trigger to remind yourself to do it. Your trigger needs to be something you always do anyway. Anything you already do without thinking works.

As you build new habits, you create new triggers for yourself and stack a new habit onto it....