1. Week 2: Let Go to Make Room for New Life
“Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything – anger, anxiety, or possessions – we cannot be free.â€â€• Thich Nhat Hanh If you’re doing the Sacred Bow Challenge, you might be completing the first week, Review Your Year. It’s been a […]
2. Habit Evolution: The Weekly Review, & Finding Solutions
As we talk about reviewing our year, let’s talk a bit about a shorter kind of review: the Weekly Review. It’s a miniature version of the yearly review. If I had to choose one most important skill in forming habits, I’d choose “evolving your habit plan,” and the tool for evolving your habit plan is […]
1. Week 1: Review Your Year, One Small Step at a Time
Let’s get started with our Sacred Bow year-end challenge … in this article, we’ll talk about the first part of the challenge, which is to review your year. If that sounds like a huge amount of work that you want to put off until tomorrow … push past that pattern, because we’re going to do […]
1. Week 1: Review Your Year, One Small Step at a Time
Let’s get started with our Sacred Bow year-end challenge … in this article, we’ll talk about the first part of the challenge, which is to review your year. If that sounds like a huge amount of work that you want to put off until tomorrow … push past that pattern, because we’re going to do […]
A Meditation on Coping with Difficult Feelings
By Leo Babauta In this video, I talk about how our bad habits are a result of wanting to run away from, or avoid, the difficult feelings that we inevitably deal with on a daily basis: Stress Sadness/depression Anger/frustration/irritation Loneliness Feeling overwhelmed Feeling guilty Feeling bad about yourself These are things we must cope with, […]
Dealing with Opposition from Others
When you’re quitting a bad habit, sometimes the biggest obstacle isn’t you — it’s the people around you. Those bastards. The opposition can come in many forms: Your spouse/partner feels threatened by this new change you’re making and seems to resent it. Perhaps you both drink alcohol or smoke together and you’re trying to quit, […]
Continuing Your Quit, & How to Manage Multiple Habits
As we wrap up our month of Quitting a Bad Habit, the question is, “Where do I go from here if I haven’t completely quit yet?” Even if all has gone well, you might not be completely over your bad habit. And for many of you, things haven’t gone “perfectly” (which is totally fine!), and […]
Getting Over the Three-Week Slump
By Leo Babauta Over a number of habit changes, I noticed that there was always a period when my initial enthusiasm faded, and I struggled to stay with the habit change. When it comes to changing habits, your best friend is complete focus, having nothing else in your life that matters while you concentrate on […]