November 2023 Blog Topic: Share a habit you have created and the process it took for this to become a habit.
By Cheryl Clark with Clark Strategies
What a topic! Habits! I can see all the quotes and written words of amazing people sharing how habits make or break us. Habits show our priorities. Habits are key to success. Habits are important.
With all this coming to my mind – I must wonder what habits I have INTENTIONALLY set, taken control of, and made happen. What habits have I created that work to my benefit, growth, and success? What habit have I formed that was 100% calculated and intentional? Why am I struggling to come up with one I can articulate for this blog?
My next brain wander is to all the habits that are not serving me well. Procrastination is at the top of the list. I don’t procrastinate tasks so much as I procrastinate implementation! I recognize that so maybe that is half the battle.
Let’s talk about this habit of mine, shall we?
My habit – is I am slow to implement. I procrastinate. I overthink. I overanalyze. I drag my heels (me wearing heels – picture it!). Why? I could word this to the positive and say my habit is being calculated, cautious, and sure before I ‘do’. Nice word plays there!
Crazy enough most of the time when I do finally give in to the implementation process, I regret not doing it sooner! I see the value in the implementation almost immediately. I swear I’ll never procrastinate implementing something again! Yet here we are….
How did this habit form?
What is this habit feeding?
What am I getting from it?
Must be serving something within me or else I’d let it go… is my thought process.
Fear of change?
Lazy?
Lack of priorities?
Busy versus productive?
Time management issues?
Happy with how things ARE?
Lack of trust?
Interesting to ponder.
In my case, it is the mountain out of a molehill thought process that beats me up and sustains this habit of not implementing till I am often forced to.
So how do I change this habit? Calendar what needs to be implemented! I do have a positive habit of living by my calendar – so use a good habit to help break a not-so-good one!
What a great thought moment this blog topic has been! I know I do have a few good habits – loving people, seeing positives LONG before negatives, showing up for my business and myself, being attentive to others… I just don’t know how they formed! They just are! These habits are part of me – yet when did they come in? How did they become a habit?
Oh, the mind weaves….
