Creating a Habit
Creating a habit that will truly last.
I’m working on creating new habits all the time.
However, I work on one new habit at a time. I’ll master it before moving on to the next.
This is how I learn best – Focusing on changing one habit at a time.
Taking small steps to engrain a habit is how you will be most successful.
How do you create a habit? One at a time. Share on X
Perhaps you want to create a habit to become more organized. Start small. Why not bring the mail in each day and sort it right then and there? Or if you have a more health-related habit in mind then start by taking a short walk every day or drinking more water.
My suggestion for you is to try each new habit for at least 30 days. Taking one small step at a time will enable you to see the difference it’s making. You may start to feel a little more organized and then less stressed – or refreshed from your daily walk and water.
How do you create a habit? One at a time.
What new habit have you created lately?
Do you struggle with getting and staying organized?
Are you afraid to start an organizing project just to be overwhelmed or lose motivation in the middle, to be left with even more chaos? You are not alone. That’s the fear of most people who don’t have time to allot to a big organizing project.
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Janet Schiesl
Janet has been organizing since 2005. She is a Certified Professional Organizer and the owner of Basic Organization.
She loves using her background as a space planner to challenge her clients to look at their space differently. She leads the team in large projects and works one-on-one with clients to help the process move quickly and comfortably. Call her crazy, but she loves to work with paper, to purge what is not needed and to create filing systems that work for each individual client.
Janet is a Past Board Member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals and a Past President of the Washington DC Chapter of NAPO were she has been named Organizer of the Year and Volunteer of the Year.
Janet Schiesl
Janet has been organizing since 2005. She is a Certified Professional Organizer and the owner of Basic Organization.
She loves using her background as a space planner to challenge her clients to look at their space differently. She leads the team in large projects and works one-on-one with clients to help the process move quickly and comfortably. Call her crazy, but she loves to work with paper, to purge what is not needed and to create filing systems that work for each individual client.
Janet is a Past Board Member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals and a Past President of the Washington DC Chapter of NAPO were she has been named Organizer of the Year and Volunteer of the Year.
Agreed. It takes some real effort to create a new habit, so focus on one at a time for sure. That is hard enough, right? It’s really a good approach for everything we do, but especially when trying to introduce a new process.
It’s so tough to change one thing!
I’m with you 100% on this one. It’s hard enough to create new habits, let alone trying to change multiple habits at once. However, if you work on changing a “keystone habit,” coined by Charles Duhigg, author of “The Power of Habits,” it’s possible for other good habits to form almost by default. For example, let’s say you want to change a habit to exercise consistently. You begin exercising more, which can lead to other positive changes like eating better, being more productive, less stressed, and sleeping better.
Yes, Keystone habits are so wonderful in that they can move you into other ones with more ease. Great point.