🔁 Routines and Habits

Most people have little things that they wish to do, and big things they want to achieve.

It sometimes feels like to achieve your goals, you have to become a different person, who puts in more effort stand has more willpower.

You don't have to spend money to improve yourself.

You can track your habits in a dedicated app, on your phone, on paper, or in a journal.

As with most things, understanding why makes it easier.

• moving through it is like an actual jungle
• your brain hates using energy, so as you start doing something, your brain lays a trail
• overtime it becomes easier to go through, and it becomes less and less effortless

It might feel easy in the first few weeks, but continuing is the most important part

A trigger is a signal to start an action

for example:

• seeing your training equipment
• time of day
• being in a specific place

If you want to work out after waking up. Always start doing your action in a certain context.

for example: always exercise in training clothes, in the same place at the same time.

Doing a workout will still take energy, but the decision to do it will feel less like a chore and more li...

Not necessarily by rewarding yourself at the end, but by making it more enjoyable while doing it.

For example: listen to your favorite podcast when you work out.

You need routines as much as habits.

You need routines for big thoughts and for example your taxes, but it would be too tiring to do every action as a routine, so habits help us consume less energy.

• Focus on small things
• Convince your brain that its not that hard, by making routines, and turning them into habits
• Break down your goal into small actions. So small it's manageable and so specific that you don't have to think about it a lot