I listened to the first five chapters of the “Atomic Habits” audiobook today (update: I was able complete it by night), a book that’s hyped so much by a lot of people I follow, and I found out why.
While I haven’t read most of the book yet, I’ve already begun extracting value out of it. This post is one example of it.
I intend on writing at least one post per day, on this blog. Initially, I will not be sharing the posts with anyone I know, so as to form a proper habit, before getting any outside validation. I will be using TickTick to track my habits.
The habit stack is a term used in the book, to couple habits that you already have in place. For now, the habit stack for writing a blog post would be wake up -> quran -> walk -> writing a blog post.
The challenging part is that I don’t have the earlier habits figured out, but at least they make me feel good, so I’m counting on that.
If it doesn’t work, there’s always a plan B.
One important habit that I want to introduce in my life is texting people properly. I don’t know when it happened, but I’m guilty to admit that I, sometimes don’t reply to people on time, when it can be avoided.
I realize it’s human and natural for us to get occupied with lives and don’t reply to people and get back to stuff if it’s not urgent.
But the reason I want to change it because, more often than not the reason isn’t that I was “busy” with something that actually mattered.
The seven hours or so I spend on my phone, perhaps watching reel after reel isn’t really a worthwhile time investment.
There’s also a somewhat direct correlation between having engaging and nice conversation with people and being more social and connected. Definitely much more worthwhile than going through videos and content that doesn’t amount to much.
From now on, I will dedicate half an hour, after maghrib, or whenever else I can find the time to:
- Get back to any pending messages
- Send messages to old friends to reconnect and catch up
- Get on a call with a friend
I am excited to at least give it a shot and try forming this habit. A person who will only rarely need to apologize for getting back to someone late.
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