Michelle B (muchelleb)

So a good way to get past that way of thinking is to create habit menus based on your energy and even based on your time.

So for example, I like to on high energy days of a morning, I'll hop up

I'll do my 20 minutes of journaling.

I'll chuck on a little meditation and I'll read as well.

I'll do all of the things because that's where I'm at.

On low energy days, I don't expect that of myself.

On a low energy day, all I expect myself to do is read a book.

So I sort of take away those other habits and focus on maybe the most passive habit that's part of my morning routine for those low energy days.

And I think having that plan in place is

that accommodates for your energy as well as your time can be a really helpful way to keep yourself consistent as well.

Because more often than not on those low energy days, it's very easy to just opt out and go, well, I don't feel awfully great.

I'm just not going to perform that habit today.

Whereas when you have a habit menu in place and you have a definite option for low energy days, it makes it much more easy to put almost like a little bookmark in as like a, hey, I didn't get to it all today, but I'm still happy.

This is still a habit that I have in my life that I am sustaining.

Exactly.

Exactly.

And it's, you know, the next day you might have a day where you wake up and you're like, I'm amazing, incredible, and I can do all of the things and you'll, you'll tick off all of those habits, but don't expect yourself to do that every single day.

Yes.

And I think that the most successful people with their habits are probably the people who think less about the entirety of the habit, just like you were saying.

So if you're sitting there going, I've got to go on a run, I've got to go on a run, that is very overwhelming for your brain.