Be Nice to Yourself

Habits are a dopamine-driven feedback loop. Every behavior that is highly habit-forming from most basic habitual behaviors like eating food, drinking water, having sex to taking drugs, playing video games, browsing social media.

• The habit formation is depend on the frequency of the ac...

The widespread assertion that forming a habit takes 21 days is not true. Forming a new habit takes on average  66 days, with some people taking as much as 254 days (and some only 18).

And don’t despair if you miss a day. Just don't make a habit out of it.

1. Plan to write one sentence a day for the next few days. It is an easy thing to do.
2. Feel good about writing one sentence a day.
3. When it becomes too easy, change it to two sentences a day.
4. Focus on small victories and share them with others.
5. If you get off-...