Make Your Habits Stick Forever (elastic habits)

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Let me ask you this:
Why do most people fail at creating habits that stick?

Well, there could be plenty of factors, but one major reason is they are not consistent with them.
They might achieve their habit goal one day, but then the next day something comes up, and they skip doing the habit altogether.
But the point of any habit, is to make it a habit in the first place.
This means doing it every single day without fail.

So how can we do that?
How can we become consistent with our habits so they actually stick?
The solution is to make our habits elastic.

#habits

[BetterThanYesterday]

Get the book "Elastic Habits" here:

[Kiuraish]

Wonderful insight right here: "If you miss any day, it means that your mini-goal is too big and you need to make it smaller." I will apply this. Thank you!

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Good habits like exercising can stick if you start thinking that it's a hobby of yours and start enjoying it.

[katiebee]

Yes I had this all or nothing attitude when I was younger. A form of perfectionism maybe. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[thepowerofhelpingwithreube]

I really love the concept of habits becoming your identity. Instead of 'going on a diet' becoming someone who 'eats well.' Has really helped me build good habits

[datawce]

Your my inspiration, stared reading books, mediation, guitar, and i even have a calendar to mark

[rigelr]

My mini goals are TINY goals. No, not reading one page. Reading one line. Sometimes, one word. No, not one negative pull up. Putting on my exercise shorts. Just the shorts. Or getting up from bed. Sometimes, you need to go that far if you struggle with burnout or depression.

[shannonrai]

does this man have a podcast? cause he needs a podcast😭

[raymondzheng]

Severely underrated channel and video.

[hansdegroot]

I'm learning Spanish via Duolingo. I'm on a 200 days' strike already. For that I have obtain at least 10 points. (one "lesson) That takes at most 15 minutes.
Sometimes (the last months more often than before) I do only that one lesson. But when I have time and taste then I do 3, 5 or even more lessons.
So I gain more points. Depending on what my "class-mates" do, I have to make between 200 and 500 points each week to stay on the same class level.
It's just after midnight now. So now I'm going to the Thursday's lesson. To keep the strike (well, streak it should be) and habit alive.

[aliceinwonderhub]

Thank you for this. This is just what I needed at this stage of my life.

[kidney]

It's hard to keep a good habit. It's hard to be consistent. Easy to say, hard to do. We have to dig deeper and don't believe our mind's lie. Because everything is possible... ! God bless❤️👌🏻

[themarvellousthor]

Actually this is one of the best practical advice to follow, Thanks!

[jahayrac]

I did this when I wanted to get into the habit of drawing daily. There were some days where even 5 min of drawing I knew couldn't happen. So I just did a doodle. Any doodle. An ugly doodle, an emoji, a simple eye. Took a min or less, but that didn't matter, it was done. That said, to give myself the incentive to not just rely on crappy doodles I paid myself a certain amount for minutes spent so that I could buy myself a surface book 2 and get into digital art (plus I needed a laptop anyway). I accomplished my goal and although I had the money it still took me months before I bought it because I enjoyed drawing with pencil so much I didn't want to get distracted 😁

It really did become a habit. So much so that if I didn't draw it felt like I was going to bed without brushing my teeth. And in those instances, since I had that nagging feeling I just doodled on my cell phone since I had a Samsung Note.

If I remember correctly I got the idea from the Japanese philosophy of Kaizen, whereby making a consistent daily habit of doing the least amount possible would gradually over time add up to larger overall improvements. That said, once you get in the motion of things, the momentum of it will drive you to do more and without considerable willpower. These philosophies are definitely very useful methods for building habits. I liked the idea of having small, medium and larger efforts to choose from ^_^

[TheSlicingSword]

This is actually really good. My mom is watching it right now, and I was intrigued. I asked her for the channel. Good work!

[busker]

This idea takes the 2 minute rule to a new level. It lets you do mini stuff and get the satisfaction of daily success, but the higher levels of accomplishment give you extra reward on the days you do want to do more. Not only are you free to do more; you get an extra bump from it by seeing yourself as Elite!

This channel has become my go to source for continuing education material for my daily morning routine!

[Thebizgirl]

Watching this one year after and wondering why I didn't see this in the beginning of the year! Thank you

[kirashinigamiii]

THis kind of knowledge is what my educational system need to teach. I live in a underdeveloped country and here are a lot of people who this kind of videos may change the way they lead their lives.

[beyza.]

OMG THIS IS MY ANSWER FOR ALL THOSE YEARS, THIS MOTIVATED ME SO BADLY :D

[Ecstatic]

I love, love, love this explanation! I listened 2 different days, and I noticed that the first time, I only heard the part about 3 intensities, not the part about 3 different options for activity. Now I get how to be consistent with flexible habits instead of rigidly failing time after time! Oh, yes, and the mini-goals perhaps being too big was an eye-opener too. THANK YOU! Signed, a couch potato with bad exercise habits.