The problem with habit trackers, however, is that there are hundreds of them. Once you can see your progress, you’re much less likely to skip the habit. You get to see all the times you’ve done the habit lined up as an unbroken chain. Habit tracking apps work because they give you a visual representation of your progress. To make the process easier, we recommend using a habit tracking app. It requires you to fundamentally reshape your behavior, to resist your natural patterns. I hope you’ll enjoy it.Building good habits (and breaking bad ones) is hard. I felt so inspired by the book that I wanted to share some of James Clear’s big ideas with you, in the form of this video. It’s a work in progress but I have been managing to stick to my health plan, meditate daily, keep a tidier home, and go for daily walks with my husband… Even while working toward an aggressive deadline. I just needed to set up the right system of small habits, and that would free me up to focus on my more essential tasks. I realized that maintaining all the different aspects of my life didn’t have to represent a monumental effort. In the book Atomic Habits, James Clear opened up my mind to a new way of thinking. I’ve always tried to strike that work-life balance, but there just never seemed to be enough time to do it all. It’s hard to enjoy a hard-fought work win when you look up to find that your house is a complete disaster, you’ve put on ten pounds, and your family has forgotten what you look like. The down side of having that trait is that victories can feel hollow. Whether I’m reaching for a work goal or trying to master a new hobby… there are never any half measures with me. (Make sure to check out our summary of Dan Pink’s “The Power of Regret”, which came next.) I chose Atomic Habits first for reasons that hit close to home. James Clear’s Atomic Habits is the first of several books that we summarized in our new BookBoards video series.
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