After 10 months of trying to write at least 5 mins a day, this month I kind of loose the discipline to do it. It reminds me that good habit is not automatic. It is hard to maintain. It takes an effort. Because when we don’t, we are building a habit not to do it.
Just like the last time I wrote was on 10th Nov. It was still early in the month. Then I went for a business trip for 1 week when I did not try to write for 5 mins even when I was on the plane for hours. Now it is almost a week after I am back and finally try to write again.
There is no use of criticizing myself. The more constructive approach is to acknowledge that I have not been doing it, let it go, and move on. Let’s try to write again for 5 mins. It does not have to be longer to pay back. Let’s start it over.
There are two things to maintain a good habit. One is a reminder. Second is the effort to do it with prioritizing it over others that are also important. A reminder is good. For example, I bought Lumo Lift, a posture coach, which will vibrate if I slouch. Without it, I often forget and not realize when I slouch. The second one is the willingness to spend effort. In the case of the posture coach, it is relatively easier as I just need to change my posture immediately, which is less than 5 seconds. But when it takes effort, like this writing of 5 mins, it is then we start to be tested on whether we are willing to stop and do something for 5 mins before moving on other tasks. This would be a foundation if we have another good habit such as exercise which requires us to stop and exercise for even longer time - 30 mins without cooling down or traveling time. So let’s do one by one, it is ok to fall, accept it, and rise again.
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