Habitually

It's been almost a week since my last post. I seem to be losing my motivation to do this everyday. They say if you do something regularly for 6 weeks it becomes habit, I don't know how true that is and I don't know if I have to start over again now that I've broken my routine. But how long does it take to break a habit? Does it just take6 weeks of not doing it (chemical addictions aside)? I think I'll Google it really quick.

Well it turns out that the 6 week thing is for making or breaking a habit and sources vary between 30 days to 6 weeks on average. One source, however, went a little deeper into it. This guy suggested looking beyond just the fact that you do something or don't do something habitually and try to figure out why you do or don't do it. I think this is an important point. We can't treat just the symptoms of a sickness, you've got to find what causes the symptoms and eradicate that. We need to figure out what our motivations are and what causes us to continue in our habits or what keeps us from forming new ones. I think if I had a good idea as to why I was doing something, I'd be a lot more likely to do it.

This, of course, would require some more work on my part, but I guess I've got to ask myself, "Is it worth the extra work?" Have you got any tips for making or breaking habits? have you had victories that you'd like to share? Let's be more than conquerors together.