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I seem
to remember a sermon on overcoming that it takes three months to
establish a good habit. I might not be remembering this very well.
Granted I remember who delivered this message and we're friends on
Facebook, so maybe I could just ask him. If he's anything like me
though, he probably doesn't remember unless he has the source
somewhere on file. At the time I'm assuming he was quoting some
reputable psychology study and knowing him he probably was. Googling
the question out online didn't make anything clearer.
Numerous
articles claim it only takes 21 days. That sounds a lot easier but I
couldn't find any research and my own experience doubts the truth of
that.
One
article I found made the statement that everyone knows it takes 28
days. There's a convincing source. Kind of sad that I'm the only one
who didn't know that. Now I know and if it doesn't work I'll really
be disappointed.
Looks
to me like that I'm best off relying on my own experience because it
all appears to be opinion anyway. I think it depends on the person,
the particular habit in question and the environment at the time. I
can fall into bad habits with no effort at all but I've tried
establishing good habits and some of those don't seem to stick after
years of effort.
I'm a
writer and am well into a personal challenge to write 30 blog
posts/articles in 30 days. A week and a half in and I'm one ahead of
the pace. The idea isn't just to accomplish this for thirty days. I'm
trying to establish a productive lifetime writing habit. Hard to do
and too easy to fall back out of. I've been there before and I know
that 21 days or 28 or even three months might not do it.
If
you've started a New Year's resolution or are trying to improve
yourself in any way, more power to you. Stick to it. It's worth it.
Just don't think there is some magic formula.
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