5 Tips to Make a New Habit (Patreon)

Happy new year and hope you're year has started off in a good way! My year has started off great with good training and work. It was a nice New Year present for me that my "Running Every Day" video went viral on YouTube in just a week it has gotten over 85000 views. This motivates me a lot and In 2021 I really want to find the time/resources to make more inspirational videos for you. So thanks a lot for being a Patreon and supporting my videos!

In this post I thought I would share some of my tips on how I manage to build a new habit that I stuck with for a whole year (and has no plans of stopping with).

1. Figure out what habit you really would like to incorporate
So the first and most important thing when you want to make a habit change is that it really feels meaningful to you otherwise you're not that likely to stick with it. So spend some time on this, like I explained in the video, those "whys" to why you are doing something really helps those days it's a bit tougher to get it done.

2. Consistency
Having consistency I think helps a lot when it comes to habit, so whatever you set out to do try to do it every day or at least every second day and it also helps to do it the same time every day so you don't have to think about when you should do it.

3. Doing Something is Better Then Nothing
With this I mean that you don't have to do what you set out to do for super long each day it's always better to do a little than nothing. For example during my morning run project I didn't set a minimum distance. I allowed my self to some days just do super short runs of 1km. That helped me keep momentum and kept me from stopping the habit.

4. Write it Down
Just the act of writing your goal down helps you along the way and makes the promise to your self feel more "real". I will talk more about this in my new video about setting goals that I will publish today to YouTube.

5. Tell Your Friends and Family
If you tell your friends and family they can help you stay accountable to your goal and it also makes your commitment to the habit feel stronger. I told many people about my goal and that made me even more motivated to actually do what I had set out to do.

Good luck with your ambitions/goals for 2021!

Best regards Göran