January 2018 Streak Goals Set
A TED talk came up in my Facebook feed this morning. It was a man talking about how New Year's Resolutions don't work, and that a more effective and productive approach towards self-improvement is to set 30 day goals. The idea is that if you can maintain a habit for 30 days, it will stick if it works for you and if it doesn't stick at least you know you tried it. Small changes, 30 days at a time, can become a foundation for a new you, a new life if not certainly a new lifestyle. This concept resonated with me because 1) I have found the idea of streaking, or setting small daily habits, to be successful for me in various areas, although I have done it more haphazardly. For instance, my tracking food in Lose IT, I find the act of keeping up a streak as gratifying as the actual results and this has replaced the stepping on the scale daily habit. I find it much more forgiving to track the action item rather than just the result, particularly when ...