21 Days – New Habits = Reaching Goals
I began the day very early today pondering the next 21 days to New Habits and Reaching Goals. I’d like to tell you it was because I am part of the ‘5 AM Club’ but alas I am not. What I am is the ‘mom’ to an aging Dog and an ancient Cat that can’t seem to hold-on until the sun rises anymore. Odie, my dog, wanted to go outside at 3:30 this morning. Garfield, yes that’s my Cats name, heard us moving around and insisted it must be time to eat! Needless to say, I decided that further sleep was futile, so began my journey to find a Podcast on Habits and Goals.
However, my physical being was not quite ready to move and my mind had not yet woken up past Robot mode. So I did the only thing possible – watch/listen to a Podcast episode on YouTube from the Huberman Lab. Andrew Huberman, Ph.D. has been teaching neuroscience on InstaGram for quite some time and now has a podcast. The episode was on ‘The Science of Making & Breaking Habits.’
It’s the New Year and I have some lofty Goals, so I gave it a listen. I’m always open to ideas and love neuroscience, so it was the perfect fit! My big take-a-way from the episode was the ’21 Day Habit Installation & Testing system.’ I thought why not, I can do anything for 21 days! I can create some New Habits for 21 days in order to Reach my Goals.
I also like having a ‘system’ in place in order to reach short and long term Goals. The idea he explained was to write down 6 habits to perform each day, for the next 21 days. Essentially the habit of doing a habit – the habit of doing a number of things per day. The other reason I liked this idea is that I do love a deadline…even if it is self-imposed, daily.
Today I practiced with a few ideas for my magic 6 number, which was surprisingly difficult to narrow the list down to. I might try 8 to start and then filter a few along the way. One of the habits though that I’m going to stick to for certain, is to post daily on this blog my progress!
I will keep you posted and please let me know what you are doing for your own goals and habits in order to reach them in the comments.
Live an Inspired Life©
Diane
Listen to the Podcast
Watch the Huberman Lab Episode
Watch the Flourish Episode on YouTube
