Change Unconscious Habits, Reach More Goals (4 steps)
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My old habits, beliefs and personality do not align with my ideal future self. So how can I expect to reach any of my big dumb goals (an honest endearment) unless I first change myself?
How do you reach your big goals? I mean really, how do you actually create your dream life?
It’s nuanced and personal and I’m no expert. But I think changing unhelpful unconscious habits is a pretty good starting point.
It’s like updating old software to run more efficiently. Or downloading new plugins and tools to do things better.
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What Are Unconscious Habits?
Unconscious habits are recurring behaviors or ways of thinking that happen on autopilot or without much effort, intention or awareness.
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…part of lifestyle design is curating the context of your environment to match your vision…and habits are part of that curation
…According to smart people over at Cleveland Clinic, our brains process around 70,000 thoughts per day…
…and around 95% of those thoughts and behaviors are automatic, unconscious habits and patterns of thinking.
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Habits + Meeting Goals
Goals aren’t realized from doing something once, but from doing something consistently. Put another way, consistency is the behavior of habits.
I’m not saying anything groundbreaking here. But it’s a nice reminder (even if it obvious).
And since I like big crazy goals, I figure my habits should probably be aligned if I want to meet them.
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Explore more:
➤ Bad Habits (that are actually good)
Change Sucky Unconscious Habits (4 steps)
1. Awareness (identify sucky habits)
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Journaling
SWOT yourself
Asking brutally honest friends
Examples of sucky habits:
Comparing myself to others
Over-learning without action
Starting more projects than I finish
2. Clarity (choose new not-sucky habits)
Who do you want to become?
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3. Embody (practice not-sucky habits)
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stop living emotionally in the past…everyday shouldn’t be a home run…
4. Patience (make not-sucky habits normal)
Ideally, with enough practice, your new positive habits will become unconscious and natural. Your new normal.
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