Motivation is a key aspect in developing a new habit. When trying to form a new habit, you find yourself wishing for more inspiration or willpower. They'll say things like But, like physical energy, willpower or motivation can be drained by overuse. Motivation, which wears off over time, can be high or low in our lives, according to Stanford University researcher BJ Fogg.
To avoid being affected by variations in your motivation, choose a habit that is so basic that you don't need motivation to begin with.
As an example, if you want to keep an active lifestyle and participate in sports, start with a 10-minute fitness programme instead of an hour. If your goal is to meditate for 30 minutes every day, start with 1 minute. To summarise, you should start with tasks that require little drive and whose difficulty does not change with your motivation.
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Increase your actions' dose and frequency gradually.
You may want to quickly acquire a habit that you started with great zeal and passion and quickly integrate into your life. As previously stated, motivation and willpower fluctuate. It's important to consider this change in motivation even on days when you're not feeling motivated. Determining new habits requires small steps and steady increases in dose, even if the current dose does not satisfy you. Seeing your resilience and commitment in the face of hardship will reinforce your determination.
If you use the aforementioned strategies consistently and firmly, you'll see results in 2 or 3 months, and your new behaviour will be a habit. You may sustain your momentum and simply do the behaviours you want if you carefully integrate them into your life. As a result, you may focus on the final goal you set 2 or 3 months after starting the transformation process by dividing it down into sections.
For example, to create the habit of meditating for 30 minutes, you can start with 1-minute sessions, gradually extending your time to 15 minutes over 2-3 months, and finally conducting two 15-minute sessions each day to achieve your objective. Finish the minute in one minute. Similarly, breaking up your daily exercise routine into 10 sets of 5 minutes each will make it easier and more effective.
When you miss the end of the rope, keep going.
We all make mistakes, face challenges, or fall short of our own expectations. Not making errors or being lucky distinguishes successful people from others, but the ability to rapidly recover and continue on their path towards their goals. Studies show that skipping a once-only habit or behaviour has no long-term implications. So, in the habit-forming process, it's all or nothing, no room for perfectionist aspirations. Learn to pick up where we left off without repeating our actions.
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This method requires patience and advancing at a pace that you can easily maintain. Patience is more important than consistency, willpower, or motivation while creating new habits. If you're patient and steady, you'll be amazed at your progress. Long-term success requires patience.
Finally, new behaviours should be easy to learn and easy to implement, especially at first. If you are persistent, dedicated, and patient, your habit will easily become a part of your life. Forging new habits is significantly more difficult than honing old ones, and it takes separate talents. I hope the aforementioned suggestions help you change and transform!