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Setting Healthy Goals: How Focusing on Habits Overcomes Poor Willpower
Often folks describe their failure to reach a goal as a lack of willpower. However, willpower is really just another word for self-control. Self-control is simply your ability to act the way you want to in the situations you find yourself. Most people only succeed in acting the way they want if they have a plan in place and practice doing it. The following tips talk about how focusing on your habits can help you overcome a lack of willpower. Let’s get started. Understand Why Most people want to force themselves to do things without even knowing why. For example, they may want to start exercising every day just because…
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7 Micro-Habits That Will Change Your Year For The Better
________________________________________________ Originally Posted on January 19, 2021. Reposted on January 19, 2024. ________________________________________________ It’s common to avoid making changes, even though we say we want to. One reason for this is that we try to make multiple significant changes all at once. Science has proven that making a few small habit changes is the best way to create effective and lasting change. If you are ready to get started making this year the healthiest and happiest yet, you should start with these seven simple micro-habits. Set Boundaries What is the one thing you consistently do that depletes your time and energy? Maybe it’s a committee which you no longer want…
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Reasons to Add Meditation Rituals To Your Life
As part of your personal spiritual practice, you’ll definitely want to establish a meditation ritual. Meditation allows you to incorporate the element of routine to your subconscious, which is where we need to begin to affect real change in our lives. The benefits of meditation for our minds are well-documented, so rest assured it will be worth it to make meditation a habit. So, what are some benefits of meditation, anyway? Read on to find out! What is Meditation? You’ve probably heard of meditation, but if you don’t exactly know what it is, you might be confused as to why it can be beneficial. Meditation has been around for at…
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Grab a Pen: Journaling Prompts for Everyone
[disclosure] Happy Day before Halloween! Over the past month, I have touched on several topics in journaling. There are so many different types of journals and specific niches that we could discuss! It’s a rapidly growing area, and I will revisit the topic pretty regularly moving forward – for good reason! I am so into this topic that I plan to design a few journals myself! I will keep you up to date on my progress. On to today’s topic… The habit of writing in a journal every day or a few times each week can be fun and helps you manage emotions and stress. This is as true…
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8 Steps to Starting Your First Journal
[disclosure] Good Day! It’s another Tuesday in the quick march to the end of the year! Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! My husband and I attended a lovely wedding. I wonder if the new bride kept a journal? Your First Journal Most of us have a lot of things on our minds, yet we don’t put enough of it down on paper. Many of those ideas and thoughts bouncing around in your head can sometimes start to feel overwhelming. It can be hard to remember each of those, and it can be very difficult to keep all of your thoughts organized without writing them down somewhere. A great way…
