Before I started my habit change, I thought I would start out by meditating ten minutes every day. Instead, Leo guided me to start with only one or two minutes a day. Although this is a lot less than I originally hoped, I am really feeling the effects of starting small and the confidence in my habit that it has given me.
It hasn't gone exactly to plan in the sense that I was hoping to start my day off with my five tibetan rituals followed by reading Zen Habits: Mastering the Art of Change and then meditating, but instead, I usually eat breakfast or even go for my run first. The changes that caused this to happen were mainly staying up late either with friends or watching a movie, and then wanting to sleep in to the very last possible moment before the hotel's breakfast ends, or cross-country practice starts.
However, by ensuring that my meditation immediately follows my five tibetan rituals, no matter when in the day I do them, I have been able to start a habit change feedback loop. The changes didn't cause me to feel bad or mess up, however they changed my perspective of the habit change process.
In the future, I will adapt more effortlessly by realizing that not everything can always have a trigger, but as long as you keep the triggers for the habit you are trying to change, everything will work out in the end.
It hasn't gone exactly to plan in the sense that I was hoping to start my day off with my five tibetan rituals followed by reading Zen Habits: Mastering the Art of Change and then meditating, but instead, I usually eat breakfast or even go for my run first. The changes that caused this to happen were mainly staying up late either with friends or watching a movie, and then wanting to sleep in to the very last possible moment before the hotel's breakfast ends, or cross-country practice starts.
However, by ensuring that my meditation immediately follows my five tibetan rituals, no matter when in the day I do them, I have been able to start a habit change feedback loop. The changes didn't cause me to feel bad or mess up, however they changed my perspective of the habit change process.
In the future, I will adapt more effortlessly by realizing that not everything can always have a trigger, but as long as you keep the triggers for the habit you are trying to change, everything will work out in the end.