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Creating Habits And Reaching Goals - One Day At A Time



Everyone has at least one bad habit.  Most of us have more than that.  In order to break bad habits, we have to replace them with new habits.  Building a new habit is work, and it isn't always easy or fun.  Making a new habit has to become a goal, and we have to plan on how to accomplish these goals.
A friend posted on Facebook that she had successfully been to the gym, every day for 365 days.  Of course, I praised her!  How awesome is that?  I am not sure that I know of anyone else, personally, who has done that.  I also commented that I was having a hard time exercising every day for one month.  Her comment resonated with me, and I have been thinking about it, ever since I read it.  "You don't have to do it every day for a month.  You just have to do it today - everyday."  I felt like I was reading a quote from Confucius.  It was a very wise statement, and, it made me look at things differently.
I have goals that I want to accomplish. I want to exercise for at least 30 minutes per day.  I want to hit 10,000 steps per day.  Now, I'm going to take these goals and tackle them one day at a time.  I just have to do it TODAY.  Once I have done it today, I will feel a sense of accomplishment.  Tomorrow, when I wake up, I will tell myself that I just have to do it TODAY.  It has to be easier than thinking that I have done something for one day, and have thirty more days to go.  One day is easier than thirty!  Making a new habit, and reaching a goal, has a lot to do with our mindset.
What are new habits that you want to make?  What are goals that you are currently working toward?  Do you want to get that infamous "Blue Dot" every day?  Do you want to exercise daily?  Do you want to floss your teeth daily?  Think about taking all of these things, one day at a time!  I'm betting that a daily goal is easier to attain than a long-term goal.  Hitting a streak of daily goals, leads to obtaining the long-term goal.  It's all in the way that we choose to think about it.
My friend also mentioned a tool to help, and I am going to try this out.  It is an App called "Streaks."  You program in a list of things that you want to do every day, and it keeps up with how many days that you do things in a row.  I think it is a good thing, to challenge yourself.  I think it would feel very good to see your streak getting longer and longer, with each and every day. You can always compete with others, but you also have to compete with yourself!
Think about it.  You only have to do it TODAY - Every Day! 



Always remember – YOU ARE AWESOME!  Go out and make it a great day!

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  1. StaceyMay 7, 2018 at 5:56 PM

    I love that concept. .It makes you look at it from a whole different perspective. 💖💖

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    1. Lisa CochranMay 8, 2018 at 6:40 AM

      It does give it a different perspective! It can make this journey so much easier if we only look at it one day at a time!

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