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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Forming New Habits Cont'd

Week #2 of working on my four new habits is complete. For two weeks now I have been attempting to do one load of laundry, one chore around the house, take a shower and prepare for the next day the night before every day. Then I am posting how well I did publicly to keep myself on track and accountable. I think that tracking the same habits for more than two weeks may possibly be a record for me. So here is how week #2 has gone.

After reviewing the chart last week and realizing it didn't quite tell the complete story, I decided to add a couple of things to this one. First, I marked any thing I started to do but didn't finish with an "I" for incomplete. Finishing things can be hard for me, so I thought it would help me evaluate how things are going by recording when I tried to start something but didn't complete it. Also, I realized that there are many nights (at least currently) where I don't necessarily need to do anything to get ready for the next day. Instead of looking like I just wasn't doing that habit at all, I added "n/a" to show when it was not needed.

Now, I am able to truly tell when I really fell off the band-wagon with a habit. Here's how this week compares with last week.

Successes: I am still showering every day. By the end of 28 days, I am pretty sure this will be a habit.

Things that are the same: Apparently, I did about the same amount of laundry/other chores from last week to this week. At the beginning of week 2 I had very strong intentions of doing better, but obviously it didn't turn out that way.

Items of significance: See Day #13 there? Notice that I did everything? That day was a turning point for me. Although this may seem obvious, I realized that this was going to take effort to accomplish every day, and since I am serious about wanting to implement change then serious effort is what I should be giving. Hopefully, this realization means that you will get to see a difference on next week's chart. Notice that on Day #14 I was burnt out a little. I actually did so much work around the house the day before plus business work, etc that I had no energy left the next day. I went to bed early that night and felt much better on day #15, which you will read about next week!

Thank you for your support while I work on these habits! I feel very blessed to have a little cheering section in the blog world. :)

Love, Rachel

Have you tried starting any new habits lately?


4 comments:

  1. Good job Rai! Keep it up! I love that you are using your blog as an opportunity to grow. I LOVE YOU MY FRIEND!

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  2. I'm really loving all the organization!! I thrive off it, that's why I have to make lists! Thanks for stopping by today! I'm bookmarking your blog!

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  3. Hi Britt! Thanks for the encouragement! You know the saying "Make it fun and the job will get done"? I think the blog makes growing in some of these areas more fun :) So it helps!

    I love you too! (And I am checking in over at the bungalow pretty often. You have inspired me... I might even have a mood board of my own to showcase here pretty soon ;) )

    Love, Rachel

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  4. Hi Lindsay!

    I am not so great at the organization thing- that's why I am working on it! :) I will keep coming back to your blog to learn from such a good list-maker :)

    See you around! :)
    Rachel

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