fill your life with things that feel good.
If you find yourself doing a bunch of self care practices or habits that don't seem to be having the effect you thought they would - it's time to try on a few new ones. The habits you show up for and the routines you have each day shouldn't be things you feel forced to do because you think you should or because you've been told you should. They should be things that genuinely serve you in some way.
Download your printable monthly habit tracker below and then keep reading for some tips on how to get your desired habits and routines to stick.
Monthly Habit Tracker
So, you're hoping to get into some new routines that feel good. If you want to change your habits you need to track them - that's the game changer.
At the end of each day, color in the boxes or place a checkmark for each of the habits you focused on that day.
The best part of this monthly habit tracker is that it has room to list over 10 habits and offers a beautiful visual of the entire month in one spot, making it easier to notice trends - like which habits you're really strong in vs ones that you're not so consistent in.
tips for creating strong habits
○ habit stacking - add a new habit to an already existing one.
For example, do you reach for the coffee jar every morning like clockwork but can never remember to take your vitamins? To build a new habit like taking vitamins, place the vitamin on top of the coffee lid. You'll physically need to move it to reach for your daily cup of coffee and before you know it, you'll have taken your vitamins for 8 days in a row.
○ choose 1 or 2 habits to focus on at a time
Don't try to implement all of the new habits you want at the same time. Choose 1 - 2 that you feel 100% ready and able and committed to starting and focus on those. The rest will come in time but if you try to do it all at once, you'll end up without any of them.
○ scale it down
If you have a habit goal of mindful movement for one hour each day, scale it down and commit to showing up for 15 minutes a day instead. Doing this sets you up for success - you'll show up more often for 15 minutes than you might for an hour. If you get into it and keep going for the hour, that's great. And if you're done in 15 minutes, that's great too. Because you still showed up for your goal. All of these "smaller" successes boosts confidence, drive and consistency.
