BREAKING GOOD HABITS

I’m finding that it’s just as easy to break good habits as it is difficult to break bad ones. You can string together 2 consecutive weeks of after school/work activities that make you feel productive and that you’re on your way to becoming a person of routine. Ah but then the arrogance, complacency and/or momentary concession rears it’s head and you’re done.

Being a blogger is fun because it’s cathartic and it’s even more fun when people read and comment but I’ve regressed in writing daily and my good habit is in jeopardy. That’s what made me think about this whole bit in the first place. I’m not sure habits are as automatic as we’d like to think. I’ve been told that once something becomes a lifestyle it’s easy to maintain but I’ve played basketball my whole life and have struggled lately to find time to play. Granted I’m on the court almost daily training kids and young hoopers but a couple of hours coaching kids is a far cry from a lifestyle of activity.

Habits, the good ones, are maintained by inspiration and more-so by resolve. You have to be intentional about the good habits, be convinced that what they yield is valuable and remind yourself of that value as often as the temptation to abandon the habit threatens. So as I’m writing this one, my memory is jogged of how writing with no intent other than to share and reflect adds a robust freedom of expression to my otherwise mundane but necessary tedium. It’s fun to write, ‘hoop’ and workout once I settle in to doing it. Let that be a lesson to you and me.