A few more ideas about how scheduling can help create new habits...
Gretchen Rubin suggests that one strategy to create a new habit is to schedule it or tie it to an existing habit. The existing habit becomes the external cue or trigger. She proposes that an existing habit or cue…
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Scheduling - What are some of the benefits in building habits?
Rubin stresses the following benefits that scheduling provides in building habits:
Habits grow strongest and fastest when they are repeated in predictable ways.
Scheduling forces us to confront the natural limits of the day.
Scheduling requires choices.
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Gretchen Rubin titles her chapter on scheduling "If It's on the Calendar, It Happens."
She asserts that setting a specific, regular time for an activity is one of the most powerful strategies for habit formation and I totally agree with this perspective. She says that "habits grow strongest and fastest when…
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Before I talk about the next pillar of habits that Gretchen Rubin proposes (it's scheduling - another favorite topic of mine), I decided it would be helpful to review the four tendencies that describe the different ways people respond to habits. Rubin believes that habits begin with self-knowledge, knowing oneself allows…
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Before I share the strategies I promised yesterday, I want to give you the examples of common "broken windows" that Gretchen Rubin proposes:
Having a messy car
Accumulating piles of laundry or trash
Not being able to find important items like a passport or a phone charger
Hanging…
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Yesterday's blog ended with my assertion that today's clutter in our homes and offices is a symptom of our overabundance and our disregard for the environment. Although I strongly believe there is hope for reclaiming our spaces, our lives, and our environment, I want to share some scary statistics that I read…
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