I was going to post on The Power of Habit yesterday but Carole Bouquet took precedence.
I tend to stick in my studio more than I like to admit. There are days when I don't even go downstairs to get the mail.
The author had a daily 3:30 pm chocolate chip cookie habit he wanted to break. He talks about it on Fresh Air.
I have an anytime-of-day daily ice cream habit I want to break.
There's a neat little film on Amazon that clearly explains the cycle of cue-routine-reward process of our habits.
Vacations are the perfect time to change habits and to form new ones Duhigg suggests. We can brush our teeth a new way if we're on vacation. Here's hoping au revoir to daily ice cream cones!
Climbing stairs (32 steps) in my building hourly has become a new habit. Plus going outside for a gulp of fresh air while I'm at it. It's an easy habit to form and takes just 2 minutes. Then I mark it on a dry-erase 'hourly' chart. That's my reward + the gulp of fresh air.
Will I continue to climb stairs while in Paris? Do I have a choice? Paris is never short of stairs to climb.
Have I lost weight since I started 2 weeks ago? I don't have a scale but redistribution is going on. I can button my coat all the way these days. Plus I feel terrific.
At least I'll be in good fighting shape to cope with Gerard Mulot chocolate stairs. Take a look at The Power of Habit and tell me what you think. I have to go do the stairs.
BON WEEKEND!