Good Habits

A good life is about good habits.

A habit is simply a type of behavior that happens automatically because the body is so used to responding in that particular fashion. This occurs by engaging in a particular activity for such a long time that we do it without even thinking about it. Because habits guide behavior without much effort, those who create good life habits can live better lives.

Every day, we can focus on doing good things for ourselves. This may not be easy at first. I usually don’t have a burning desire to exercise or eat healthy. But after doing so for a while, habit will carry me the rest of the way.

Good habits do not take very long to make. You can get in the habit of eating well in a couple of months. Those first few months will be very difficult, but after some time, you’ll eat well just out of habit. The difficulty will be gone. Your health will improve almost all by itself.

Then it is just a matter of keeping your habits strong. Vacations, career changes, or children can alter our habits. From time to time, we have to go through the difficult stage of habit formation again. But once we do, the habit will return and our life will be back on track.

Questions of Reflection:

1. Do I already have any good habits?
2. What new ones would I like to create?
3. What bad ones would like to replace?