Des

Great post. I think one of the real important points you make is to use the “mini-plan” approach. To often when we try to start a new habit, we make things too grandiose–the chunk is too big. Best example of that is the annual granddaddy of new habits, the New Year’s Resolution. Typically, the goals are just too big and so people get frustrated because the goal doesn’t get accomplished before the habit is formed and then the whole thing is scrapped.

I’ve often found it curious that “bad” habits are so much easier to form than good habits. I guess because they’re typically easier. After all, NOT exercising is also a habit.

Larry