Showing posts with label habits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label habits. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
For better or for worse...
...habits define us to a certain degree, to ourselves and to others.
Hey, look, there's the lady who always wears purple.
Oh, no, here comes the kid who never showers!
We all have them, good, bad and indifferent. We each have habits that endear us to people, and then there are those habits that drive others bonkers. Some of our habits keep us going day in and day out.
I'm fairly rigid in my habits and will almost always do a certain thing the same way all the time. Like, when I get home from work...I come in say hello to dogs and cats and kids, then I go to the kitchen and drop off any dishes from the day and sort through the mail, taking what's important. Then I take my stuff to my room and put it in the same place every single day. If it's not a work day, I still end up in my room putting my purse back in that same place so that I know where it is.
Not so with hubby. He comes home and drops his keys, wallet, and glasses in the first place he stops. If talking on his cell phone, he will head for the bedroom and drop everything on his night stand, but most of the time it's either the kitchen counter or the end table next to his chair.
Habits like bedtimes and getting-up times keep us (well, keeps me) on an even keel. Regular sleep cycles and meal times, as well as well-balanced meals and regular exercise keep us healthier both physically and emotionally. Why is it that more people don't realize this?
As for my not-so-great habits...I'm impatient with hubby a lot. And I annoy the kids. I guess I should ask them what they feel is my most annoying habit. :)
What about you...? Are you willing to share one good habit and one bad habit?
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Old habits are hard to break...
New habits are hard to develop. I think the general consensus these days is that it takes approximately twenty-one days to develop a new habit, be it good or bad. (How long does it take to break a habit, I wonder?) I've decided I want to develop a couple of new good habits.
One is exercise and healthier eating, which leads to my goal of losing weight and generally feeling better.
We bought Wii Fit on February 8th, so I'm three days away from supposedly establishing the exercise habit. It's fun and it's easy and it's convenient. I can do it in the comfort of my own home, day or night, at any time. What could be better?
The second is to write every day, or five days out of seven. This leads to completing manuscripts, improving my writing skills, which, in turn, increases my chances of being published.
A week or so ago, I cleaned up a little corner of the garage. Our business used to live in there, and our plan after we finish the kitchen and the living room is to turn it into the family room. Right now we have an assortment of furniture in there, including a computer armoire. So I cleaned up all the sawdust and molding chunks littering my space and set my laptop up. I used to have it setup in our room but it's difficult to write at 5:30 am while my husband sleeps and no light.
It's been a great change. My laptop lived on the coffee table for about a week prior to this, but it wasn't the ideal way to work. Now I find myself eager to start the day--even at 5:30 am--and get some writing done. I'm making decent progress on my young adult manuscript and am planning to enter a couple of contests with agents or YA editors as the final round judge. I'm probably a week away from the twenty-one days I need for this habit, but I don't think it'll be a problem.
One is exercise and healthier eating, which leads to my goal of losing weight and generally feeling better.
We bought Wii Fit on February 8th, so I'm three days away from supposedly establishing the exercise habit. It's fun and it's easy and it's convenient. I can do it in the comfort of my own home, day or night, at any time. What could be better?
The second is to write every day, or five days out of seven. This leads to completing manuscripts, improving my writing skills, which, in turn, increases my chances of being published.
A week or so ago, I cleaned up a little corner of the garage. Our business used to live in there, and our plan after we finish the kitchen and the living room is to turn it into the family room. Right now we have an assortment of furniture in there, including a computer armoire. So I cleaned up all the sawdust and molding chunks littering my space and set my laptop up. I used to have it setup in our room but it's difficult to write at 5:30 am while my husband sleeps and no light.
It's been a great change. My laptop lived on the coffee table for about a week prior to this, but it wasn't the ideal way to work. Now I find myself eager to start the day--even at 5:30 am--and get some writing done. I'm making decent progress on my young adult manuscript and am planning to enter a couple of contests with agents or YA editors as the final round judge. I'm probably a week away from the twenty-one days I need for this habit, but I don't think it'll be a problem.
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