Sowhileyoucanwillpoweryourwaytodoingthemfor a while, themostlikelyoutcomeisthatyougetexhaustedandyouquit, andthenyou'remorediscouragedthanwhenyoustart.
NowinAtomicHabits, JamesClearteacheshow a onepercentchangeeverydaymakesyou 37 timesbetterbytheendoftheyear.
Butmostpeoplefailtochangebecausetheytrytomakesomegiganticimprovement, whichlastsfor a littlewhile, butthentheyrunoutofmotivationbecausethechangetakessomuchenergy.
Sowhenyouwanttoimproveyourmentalhealth, I donotwantyoutomakesomehugemonumentalchangeallatonce.
And a systemtomakethiseasierissomethinglikebuying a pillboxsothatyouknowwhenyou'vetakenitalready, orputtingthatpillboxonyourbreakfasttablesothatyouremembertotakeitbreakfasteveryday.
A systemmakesitsothatyoudon't havetorememberitandthinkaboutiteachday.
Okay, andthenthird, I sayuse a habittrackerandset a 30-daygoalfor a tinychangeyouwanttomake.
Andjustgiveyourself a checkmarkforeverydaythatyoudothistinychange.
NowJerrySeinfeldhad a habitofwritingonejokeeveryday, butthewayhetrackeditwasbyputtingup a bigcalendarandputting a bigredcheckmarkforthedayshewrotethejoke.
Nowusehismethod.
That's awesome.
Again, I learnedaboutitfromAtomicHabits.
It's a greatbooktoo.
Readthatbook.
Youcouldalsodownloadmyfreehabitbuilderor I liketheapp, thefreeappHabittotrackyourprogress.