Time & Habit

Unlike trying to learn a new skill, new habits form through determination. Skill building depends on our aptitude and experience. If we have an efficient learning framework, then we’ll master new things quickly, but if we don’t, it can take a long time. 

You may be looking at yourself right now and thinking, “I need to go to the gym five days per week, quit smoking, stop eating junk food, and get organized.” Striving for self-improvement is wonderful, but if you try to do all of those things at once, you are bound to fail. 

  

Habit building requires a lot of determination. For each bad habit that you replace with a good habit, you will face challenges. It can take anywhere from 18 to 254 days for a person to form a new habit and an average of 66 days for a new behavior to become automatic.

Social media is an incredible tool, but it can also be a real time-sink. The average person is now spending up to two hours per day on social media. Most of us don’t realize we’re losing so much time. Think of what you could do with an extra 60 hours per month. 

If you know you’re losing time or getting stressed because of a FOMO, try to unplug for at least one day per week. This can help you to re-center and adjust your focus toward the important things in life.