Your Weekly Challenge:

REMINDER: You don’t have to do the challenge! See it as an idea on how to spend your week more productively.

Create a habit similar to the one you created in the 1m challenge, but one that is related to productivity. Follow the habit every day this week and then develop it overtime. Here’s an example:

1m Habit: Every time I open the computer, I ALWAYS OPEN NOTION FIRST.

Your Weekly Inspirational Story:

“Productive Habits (habits that help me) 

Regular exercise. This habit serves me because it furthers my goal of being healthy as I age.

For me, this is what I call an anchor habit and what Duhigg refers to as a keystone habit, which is one that serves as a foundation for other habits.

When I exercise regularly, I also tend to drink more water and to eat better, because I don’t want to undo the benefits of the hard work.

It’s also a habit I need to nurture intentionally because I don’t like to sweat or breathe hard or work that hard, so if it’s not habitual, it’s easy to skip.

I try to keep the habit going, doing it daily and not allowing myself to miss more than one day.

To develop the habit of exercise, I had to start small,

bargaining with myself for just 5 minutes on the treadmill and developing the feeder habit of putting my workout clothes on as soon as I get up.

Once that 5-minute workout became habitual, I started pushing myself to add a minute or two, then over time another minute or two, and so on.

Once I’d established 30 minutes of walking in the morning as a habit, I started increasing the incline, then pushing myself to go a little faster for a few minutes.

Now I go about 40-45 minutes a day at a moderate incline, mostly fast walking but increasing to a jog for 2-3 minutes at a time every 5 minutes.”

Source: https://theproductivewoman.com/habits-that-help-me-stay-productive-and-a-few-i-need-to-work-on-tpw338/

!!!- I advise you to write the answers down on paper, as they help you figure out stuff about yourself, which you might find useful later on!

Reflective-thinking question:

-Would you like to implement one of the habits she made into your own life? If so, how?

Critical-thinking questions:

-”if it’s not habitual, it’s easy to skip.”- Do you agree with this sentence? Why?

Your Weekly ‘Food For Thought’ question

Why are there so many ways to develop habits out there? How do you know which one is right for you?