Another tidbit that I read in the book I’m reading is that it takes 66 days to form a new habit. That’s intimidating! Yikes. But I guess if we’re serious about starting a new habit, it’s worth sticking with it for at least 66 days and seeing if it works (becomes permanent). The point in my book is that it’s not about discipline, but rather it’s about forming habits. Maybe it’s a little of both.
And as I’ve mentioned in the past, triggers can help with habits. I am working on a new trigger. I’ve told you in the past that I finish my meals with dark chocolate. Not a lot, but enough to taste good and remind me that I’m finished eating. My new trigger is that after I’ve had my dark chocolate I do two roll-outs with this little wheel thing that my work-out instructor is letting me borrow. Eventually I hope to get up to three and then four and one day ten or fifteen of these roll-outs. In other words, stronger abs!
In the meantime, I posted a quote on facebook yesterday: “A year from now you may wish you had started today” (Karen Lamb). This is one of those quotes that really speaks to me, because I am not one to live in regretville. I hate saying “if only,” or “would’ve,” “could’ve,” etc. So keeping that quote in mind, I can muster the discipline to start some new habits. Starting today.