CREATING NEW HABITS

WHEN 60 DAYS TAKES 81: BALANCING DISCIPLINE & COMPASSION

On October 25th I began a quest to create more consistency in my morning spiritual practice. As a way to keep myself accountable, I told my coach that for 21 days I would text him every day to confirm I had done it.

I shared my intention publicly on this blog post. Later, when I completed my 21 days, I shared some of my insights with my newsletter readers. They included things such as:

CREATING CONSISTENCY

I have a confession to make.

I am not very consistent about ANYTHING.

I have a stack of unfinished books in my room. I am terrible at taking supplements. I've never kept a given morning practice going for too long... for a while it was morning pages, it's also been meditation, empowerment visualizations... and for the past few months nothing.

I've known about my lack of consistency for most of my life, but it's only been in the past couple of years that I have come to fully own it.