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Why Little Habit Tweaks Can Change Your Life
…and How to Choose Your New Habits
Take a moment and think about what you could accomplish in a week, a month, or even a year if you created tiny habits today and kept building them up over time. Trying to make massive changes all at once usually leads to burnout — or worse, failure — but taking small baby steps with tiny habits toward a bigger goal is doable, sustainable, and a way to help ensure your success.
Habits of all kinds — both good and bad — have compounding effects. Simply put: the more you do something, the greater the results. For example, the more frequently you lace up your sneakers and go for a run, the quicker you’ll build your cardiovascular health, be in enviable shape, and better your chances of finishing a 5k, 10k, half-marathon or full marathon. Likewise, the more frequently you drink alcohol, smoke tobacco, or do other things that could be considered “bad” habits, the more health problems you’ll encounter over time.
What is a Tiny Habit?
Tiny habits are simply those actions we take every single day without thinking about them. For example, brushing your teeth twice a day and washing your hands after using the bathroom are just automatic. It’s what we were taught as kids, and those actions were reinforced by our parents and our teachers. These…
