In 30 DAYS YOU WILL CHANGE YOUR HABITS?
You ask, "Will I change my habits after 7 days?" Answer: It is possible!
You ask, "Will I change my habits after 21 days?" Answer: It is possible!
You ask "After 30 days will I change my habit?" The answer: Maybe!
You ask "After 90 days will I change the habit?" The answer: Maybe!
If you have ever participated in 7-day, 21-day or 30-day or 90-day challenges, you may discover after those days that your habits will change. Maybe they change, maybe they don't. They may change earlier than those days or later than those days. You may be wondering - how many days will it take to actually change my habits?
Did you know? The numbers above are not the numbers that make the change in your habits but what you need to change is your commitment - work that needs to be done even when you don't feel like doing it.
When I write a 30-day change in my book, the challenge I get most frequently is that after 30 days I will change. Yes, you will certainly change, but the magnitude of the change will be determined by your investment - in terms of your commitment, perseverance, and dedication.
Research results of Dr. Maltz1 in the 1950s showed that it took about 21 days for an action to become a habit. Research by Dr. Maltz was performed with plastic surgery patients and he found that these patients begin to get used to new faces after 21 days. The results of this study have been used by many people in the training of people and the effects have lasted in the long run. Another study published in 2012 by Benjamin Gardner, Phillippa Lally and colleagues at University College London found that: On average, it takes 66 days to establish a routine. The actual number ranges from 18 to 254 days depending on each specific case.
So what can we learn from these different outcomes? There is no one number that is absolutely true for everyone! There are many factors that determine the number: the habits that you want to change; the stage in your life you are at right now; you do not know what you want; you have goals but lack of motivation; you are motivated but lacking in effective working methods ... While there isn't a single number that holds true for everyone, the unchanging truth is that "action becomes a habit after a period of repetition" and "You are the result of habits".
To change a habit and keep a habit:
Make a change and find a reason big enough to change (it comes from within yourself. For example, you learn to run early every day because you want to take a running test - but why do you want to take a running test? Do you want to challenge yourself? Why do you want to challenge yourself? Because you want to feel like you can do it, to treasure yourself and, for sure, you will definitely be healthier!)
- Write on a sheet of paper and divide it into 2 columns: column 1 lists all you will lose if you don't change your habits and column 2 what you will get if you change the habit
- Use the 5W model to establish a new habit:
• What: What do you need to do?
• Why: Why are you doing it?
• When: When will you do?
• Where: Where did you do it?
• Who: Who gets you to do it the best you can? (because you want to do it yourself for that person, they may not know and they don't force you)
- Celebrate your accomplishments every day with that habit.
- Share and help others to change habits with you.
