{"id":86588,"date":"2022-12-14T18:48:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T22:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=86588"},"modified":"2022-12-22T14:25:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T18:25:03","slug":"how-to-develop-good-habits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-develop-good-habits\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Develop Good Habits: 3 Helpful Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you want to know how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/develop-good-habits\/\">develop good habits<\/a>? More importantly, how do you make sure you don&#8217;t fall off track once a habit is successfully established? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to developing good habits, consistency is key: You must show up enough times for your brain to internalize a behavior and make it near-automatic. Once the habit is established, the work is not over: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/maintaining-healthy-habits\/\">Maintaining healthy habits<\/a> is an ongoing effort. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are a few tips for increasing your chances of successfully starting and maintaining habits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tip-1-always-do-the-habitual-behavior-at-the-same-time-of-day\"><strong>Tip #1: Always Do the Habitual Behavior at the Same Time of Day<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In their book <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/organize-tomorrow-today\/\">Organize Tomorrow Today<\/a><\/em>, Selk, Bartow, and Rudy provide a few tips on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-create-habits\/\">how to develop good habits<\/a> and stick to them in the long term. First, they suggest picking a time for your habitual behavior and forcing yourself to do it at that time every day. <strong>By designating time for your habit beforehand, you\u2019re removing the option to <em>not<\/em> engage in the behavior and avoiding the temptation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/to-procrastinate\/\">to procrastinate<\/a>.<\/strong> For example, if you want to start cooking dinner at home every evening, build cooking into your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-schedule-your-day-2\/\">daily schedule<\/a> and make sure you\u2019re in the kitchen at that time no matter what.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: One potential downside of this strategy is that time-driven habits can feel monotonous, making the experience of doing the behavior unpleasant and making the habit less likely to stick. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/in-practice\/201909\/3-unconventional-strategies-form-good-habits#:~:text=2.%20Focus%20on%20context%2Ddriven%20habits%20rather%20than%20time%2Ddriven%20habits.\">If scheduled habits don\u2019t work for you, try context-based habits instead.<\/a> When a habit is based on context, specific circumstances (like feelings and places) trigger the behavior, rather than a specific time. Context-based habits allow you to build your behaviors around your moods so that your habits fit more naturally into your daily life. For example, you might start a habit of taking a walk every time you feel stressed.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tip-2-acknowledge-when-you-re-struggling\"><strong>Tip #2: Acknowledge When You\u2019re Struggling<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If you ever feel like skipping your positive habit, the authors argue that you should acknowledge that feeling<\/strong>. To work through a struggle, you first have to recognize that it\u2019s happening. Additionally, every time you recognize a challenge and then <em>overcome<\/em> it, your success will trigger pride and positive momentum to tackle the next challenge that comes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: Mindfulness techniques like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/eckhart-tolle-meditation-mindfulness\/\">meditation<\/a> can help you acknowledge your feelings\u2014including your struggle to maintain your habit\u2014without judgment. Meditation teaches resilience and fosters equanimity, giving you the tools to navigate highs and lows with strength. When you\u2019re struggling with your habit, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/a-10-minute-meditation-to-work-with-difficult-emotions\/\">try a brief, guided meditation that helps you face your feelings<\/a> and find the root of your challenge. After you overcome challenges, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindful.org\/5-guided-meditations-to-fill-your-heart-with-gratitude\/\">try a gratitude meditation that helps you appreciate your success<\/a> and cultivate positive, motivational emotions.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tip-3-look-ahead\"><strong>Tip #3: Look Ahead<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Selk, Bartow, and Rudy suggest <strong>imagining how your life will be different five years from now if you keep going with your new habit.<\/strong> Visualize this future in as much detail as possible. Then, imagine what your life will look like if you abandon your healthy habits. This will remind you why you want to make this change for yourself and what you\u2019ll miss out on if you don\u2019t.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: Other authors also advocate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/positive-visualization\/\">positive visualization<\/a>: In <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/awaken-the-giant-within\"><em>Awaken the Giant Within<\/em><\/a>, Tony Robbins argues that <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/awaken-the-giant-within\/chapter-3#step-1-decide-on-your-destination-and-identify-your-obstacles\">the first step toward positive change is to decide what you want in your future,<\/a> giving you a destination to work toward. However, Robbins suggests that you only focus on what you do want, not what you <em>don\u2019t<\/em> want: He claims that imagining what you don\u2019t want will bring <em>more<\/em> of what you don\u2019t want. Therefore, according to his advice, the authors\u2019 second step of imagining a future in which you\u2019ve broken your habit may not be very helpful.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you want to know how to develop good habits? More importantly, how do you make sure you don&#8217;t fall off track once a habit is successfully established? When it comes to developing good habits, consistency is key: You must show up enough times for your brain to internalize a behavior and make it near-automatic. Once the habit is established, the work is not over: Maintaining healthy habits is an ongoing effort. 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