Tag: habit

  • Habit: June & July

    Habit: June & July

    At the start of the year I wrote that my word for 2021 was habit. In January, I challenged myself to do something creative every day, a habit that I’ve continued (although not quite as diligently). In February, I challenged myself to do two things every day: read a book and exercise. I continued challenging myself to exercise in March, but…

  • Habit: April & May

    Habit: April & May

    At the start of the year I wrote that my word for 2021 was habit. In January, I challenged myself to do something creative every day, a habit that I’ve continued (although not quite as diligently). In February, I challenged myself to do two things every day: read a book and exercise. I continued challenging myself to exercise in March, but…

  • 2021: Habit

    2021: Habit

    We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ~Will Durant, paraphrasing Aristotle I used to be a fan of setting a word as an intention for the year. I fell off it at some point, or at least off documenting it, I think around the time that my…

  • Book: The Power of Habit

    Book: The Power of Habit

    The book The Power of Habit (Amazon) is fascinating. All about how we create habits, how we change habits, and how much of our life is driven by habits. It’s full of fascinating stories that illustrate the points, like the man who lost the ability to create memories… but who could still create habits. Or the…