- This was my best week yet (don’t worry, I don’t sustain this pace. March 14-20 is much worse)
- I’m reminded again of the need to spend at least one hour on an activity if you want to improve your performance and create a habit
- The daily checklist has improved my performance. Probably common sense…it ups the stakes, it becomes a public commitment, and a continual reminder. Yes, maintaining the checklist takes time and effort and can feel a hassle, but so far has been worth the investment
- Each of my habits has one reliable trigger. When I fail to setup the trigger, the habit usually fails. For example, my singing trigger is to take a singing lesson. Seems obvious but is quite effective. When I take a lesson that week, I practice a lot more (before and after the lesson). With writing, my trigger is a quiet morning. I also must start to write before working on anything else, like emails. If I create that calm morning environment and begin writing, I can almost always write for an hour. For challenging habits, I need to identify these triggers. For example, how do I reliably wake before 8am??Struggling with that one!
Why do I track all this stuff? Click here. And here’s my performance last week.
Thanks for reading! What are your habits? How do you track them? I’d love to hear from you.