Comments on: Half Habits http://personalgrowthmap.com/blog/2008/12/21/half-habits/ Holistic Growth through Balanced Living Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:57:37 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Haider http://personalgrowthmap.com/blog/2008/12/21/half-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-684 Haider Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:12:40 +0000 http://personalgrowthmap.com/?p=105#comment-684 Wow, Crystal. I'm thrilled to read about your accomplishment! I actually wrote the first Zen Habits article in response to Leo's New Year's Resolutions challenge, which asked people to commit to a single habit for 30 days, working on it for 15 minutes per day. I actually believe that changing habits is easier when we work on them simultaneously. Plus, some habits don't need time to get done, so why not fit those into our lives as well? Hence the half habits and the timeless habits. :) To be perfectly honest with you, I don't think the primary issue holding us back is our habits. The reason why we find it so difficult to change is the negative impression we have of ourselves, and the constant negative self-talk that seeks to reinforce that self-image. When we fail, we see ourselves as failures, and play that part. I believe the best thing we can do to lead a better life is to stop judging and condemning ourselves. Rather than ask: What does this failure say about me? We should focus on how to overcome that failure. I wrote a post about this, which you might wanna check out: http://personalgrowthmap.com/blog/2009/06/02/asking-the-wrong-question/ Wish you all the best, and thanks for letting me know about your progress. ;) Wow, Crystal.

I’m thrilled to read about your accomplishment!

I actually wrote the first Zen Habits article in response to Leo’s New Year’s Resolutions challenge, which asked people to commit to a single habit for 30 days, working on it for 15 minutes per day. I actually believe that changing habits is easier when we work on them simultaneously. Plus, some habits don’t need time to get done, so why not fit those into our lives as well? Hence the half habits and the timeless habits. :)

To be perfectly honest with you, I don’t think the primary issue holding us back is our habits. The reason why we find it so difficult to change is the negative impression we have of ourselves, and the constant negative self-talk that seeks to reinforce that self-image. When we fail, we see ourselves as failures, and play that part.

I believe the best thing we can do to lead a better life is to stop judging and condemning ourselves. Rather than ask: What does this failure say about me? We should focus on how to overcome that failure. I wrote a post about this, which you might wanna check out:

http://personalgrowthmap.com/blog/2009/06/02/asking-the-wrong-question/

Wish you all the best, and thanks for letting me know about your progress. ;)

]]> By: Crystal http://personalgrowthmap.com/blog/2008/12/21/half-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-683 Crystal Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:02:30 +0000 http://personalgrowthmap.com/?p=105#comment-683 It is funny because I actually stumbled upon you blog while reading a post on Zen Habits about the importance of focusing on one habit at a time and I remember thinking the same thing, if I work on one habit at a time I will never change and I also remember thinking that if I changed one habit it would actually help me change the other so working on changing habits simultaneously would actually re-enforce them. It wasn't until yesterday that I re-read the blog (because I was obviously unsuccessful the first time around, okay a few times around) that I found your post and I have to say that I totally agree. In-fact yesterday after I got done reading you "Leaky Boat Analogy" I thought to myself how much sense it all actually made, so I had dinner early and took a walk afterward, I was actually able to get up this morning at 7:45a.m ,which is a huge accomplishment in itself (you don't even know), I ate a banana for breakfast drank some water and went to the gym for a class, by 9:45a.m. I had eaten breakfast, taken a shower and gotten ready for my day and even had 30mins before I had to take off to my french class to get some work done. All that before 10:15a.m. which is the time I usually get up to get to my class which starts at 10:45a.m!!!! So thank you!!!! Thank you for being so honest in your blogs and just some how knowing what I am going through and giving me the perfect advice and how to go about handling it all. I feel so great today and full of energy and now I can say "I will do it again tomorrow because I did it today and I know that I can!!!" Thank you!!! It is funny because I actually stumbled upon you blog while reading a post on Zen Habits about the importance of focusing on one habit at a time and I remember thinking the same thing, if I work on one habit at a time I will never change and I also remember thinking that if I changed one habit it would actually help me change the other so working on changing habits simultaneously would actually re-enforce them. It wasn’t until yesterday that I re-read the blog (because I was obviously unsuccessful the first time around, okay a few times around) that I found your post and I have to say that I totally agree. In-fact yesterday after I got done reading you “Leaky Boat Analogy” I thought to myself how much sense it all actually made, so I had dinner early and took a walk afterward, I was actually able to get up this morning at 7:45a.m ,which is a huge accomplishment in itself (you don’t even know), I ate a banana for breakfast drank some water and went to the gym for a class, by 9:45a.m. I had eaten breakfast, taken a shower and gotten ready for my day and even had 30mins before I had to take off to my french class to get some work done. All that before 10:15a.m. which is the time I usually get up to get to my class which starts at 10:45a.m!!!! So thank you!!!! Thank you for being so honest in your blogs and just some how knowing what I am going through and giving me the perfect advice and how to go about handling it all. I feel so great today and full of energy and now I can say “I will do it again tomorrow because I did it today and I know that I can!!!” Thank you!!!

]]> By: Eaman http://personalgrowthmap.com/blog/2008/12/21/half-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Eaman Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:48:31 +0000 http://personalgrowthmap.com/?p=105#comment-53 Don't fuss with a biology teacher! (J/K) :D Don’t fuss with a biology teacher! (J/K) :D

]]> By: Haider http://personalgrowthmap.com/blog/2008/12/21/half-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Haider Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:42:04 +0000 http://personalgrowthmap.com/?p=105#comment-52 Did you write that Wikipedia page? :P I thought you meant the law covers all biological processes. Sorry about the mix-up. Did you write that Wikipedia page? :P

I thought you meant the law covers all biological processes. Sorry about the mix-up.

]]> By: Eaman http://personalgrowthmap.com/blog/2008/12/21/half-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Eaman Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:54:07 +0000 http://personalgrowthmap.com/?p=105#comment-50 I agree with U. I was just being sarcastic abt myself ( : And there is such a law in biology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-or-none_law I agree with U. I was just being sarcastic abt myself ( :
And there is such a law in biology:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-or-none_law

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