How to develop the right habits and be a little happier

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Most of us are not happy with something in our life. And I want to change that. We make plans, set goals and force ourselves to change. But you can take a different path and make actions that are useful for you a habit. We will teach you how to do this and tell you about the right tools for this.

Every day we write dozens of articles for you, where we talk about how useful it is to do exercises in the morning, eat healthy food, exercise regularly, and so on. Many people listen to our advice and add to their list of tasks the items "Do exercises", "Read a book for 30 minutes", "Smile for 10 minutes" and so on. And some, following our advice, still complete all the tasks on their list for the day.

And this is probably good. But this is very annoying. You need (!) To complete these tasks. In practice, this process is under pressure. It would be much better if we performed similar tasks (sports, reading, self-study) just like that. Just because we wanted to do it. Just because we are used to doing it.

And this is where the question arises. How do we make something become our habit? Is it possible? And we have the answers to these questions. First, yes, it is possible. You can make anything your habit. Secondly, there are many tools out there to help you do this.

How to develop a habit

In general, everything is very simple. Repeating the same action on a regular basis will make it a habit. Our author Sasha Murakhovsky believes that it takes 21 days to repeat the action. That is, if you get up every morning for 21 days and force yourself to do exercises, then on about the 22nd day it will become a habit for you. And then you no longer need to force yourself. You will just do it because you are used to it.

It is not a fact that you will develop a habit in 21 days. You may have to torture yourself for much longer. I believe in the number 60. In two whole months, I think, you can get used to anything. And it is much more effective to change not everything at once, but to do it gradually. Start by adding sports to your life. Exercise → running → gym. Sports have some good effect, which makes you want to eat healthy food, get more active at work, and so on.

Instruments

Your progress needs to be recorded. This will help you remember how long you have been developing the habit. Visualizing your progress will also positively influence your motivation. The motivation you need to push yourself daily, such as exercising. Motivation to help you become better. Motivation to make your life easier.

Alternatively, you can have a regular paper notebook and record your progress there. Or even just draw a table on A4 sheet, where the line will correspond to the habit, and the columns - to the days. And you will tick or cross every day when you do your exercises. But this is not the best way to record your progress. After all, we live in such a wonderful time when there is a smartphone application for every task. And not even one - there are tens and hundreds of them.

Most of the great habit-building apps are for some reason made exclusively in English. Android and iOS app developers, please note. This is not spam, but a real opportunity to make money. Make a beautiful and useful application, and it will find its client.

Android Tools

Habbits ()

This is a very simple application that actually allows you to cross out days not on a paper calendar, but in an electronic one. Your task is to create a long chain of days on which you completed the tasks set for the day.

HabitBull ()

This app, like Habbits, is not very functional. When adding a new habit, you can choose how often the task will be completed. Also in this application statistics are very conveniently displayed.

Hab It! ()

This application is available in Russian, which immediately adds a couple of points to it. In Hab It, you have the option to add a good or bad habit. In addition, there is a list of already prepared habits, in which, perhaps, you will find something useful for yourself. Here, just like in Habbits, you need to create long chains of the days in which you coped with the tasks.

IOS Tools

Way of Life ()

This app is absolutely identical to the Hab It app for Android. Add a habit, celebrate every day with “yes” or “no”, then admire our progress. There are only three habits available in the free version.

Weekly ()

Absolutely free and at the same time beautiful application. At the beginning of its use, you will be shown an instruction that will help you quickly understand all the functions. Working with Weekly is very simple: we add a task, choose a frequency, celebrate each task with a glass of champagne.

If you don't like smartphones or just don't use them, you can use web services. Our author Dmitry Gorchakov reviewed them.

If you have a problem with choosing habits, use the search on our website. You will find many articles on bad habits to get rid of. Good habits that will change your life for the better. About the habits that successful people have.

We wish you successful achievement of the assigned tasks.