„You don’t decide your future. You decide your habits and your habits decide your future.“
So just have the right habits. That sounds so simple. But establishing good habits is so much work and so hard 🫣
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Habits without a plan may not get you the future you want. Some good habits may be irrelevant to you. Walking is a good habit but if you play sports then walking is just a waste of time. Know where you want to be in the future then build the specific habits that help you get there 🫡
I am very good at planning. I'm also good at researching. This means that I know exactly what I want to achieve with which habit. But: for me at least, that's the easiest part. Implementing these habits and establishing them in the long term is more difficult for me. And then it's even harder because I know exactly what would be good for me 🥺
There’s a book I read years ago called getting things done. It talks about how overwhelming goals can be and how that leads to procrastination. The trick is to break down all your goals into very tiny bite size steps.
So if you have to do something you are procrastinating like paying your taxes, then break down everything into steps. Step 1, gather tax documents, step 2 gather expenses, step 3 contact tax professional, step 4 make a payment. So instead of saying I need to do my taxes, you start by saying I need to gather my tax documents. If you find that you are still procrastinating the first step, then it means that step is too complex and should be broken down further.
