Let's talk about building blocks. Let's talk about simple things that we can do to create

habits that actually last.

Hey, Clutterbugs. Welcome back to the Clutterbug podcast. Today we're talking about habits,

creating new habits, creating healthy habits, and how we can actually take steps to create

habits that will last. I think that's what we're all craving. We all have amazing ideas

for trying new things and new things we want to implement. Maybe we last a day or a couple

of weeks. How do we create real change? How do we create habits that even five years from

now we still have that are healthy? It seems so hard. It seems like we are pushing ourselves

and trying to find motivation and it seems like a battle that we just can't win. But I

know there are some really simple steps that simplify it, that make it easy and actually

attainable. So that's what we're going to be talking about today. Habits are kind of

the building blocks of our life. Gretchen Ruben says that they are the architect of

designing our life and that 40% of our life is directly impacted by our daily habits.

So whether we eat healthy or not is a habit. Whether we work out or not is a habit. Whether

we have a tidy house is a habit. Whether we have a clean house is a habit. To achieve

any of these goals we need to have habits that don't feel like work in order to keep

them up long term. Anyone can go in a diet. Anyone can join a gym and go a couple of times.

How do we make this part of our daily life or weekly life forever? How do we make this

part of just our being and that's creating a habit that we don't have to think about?

Before we can create a new habit we need to really get clear on the why. Tony Ruben says

having a clear vision for a new habit making it a pull instead of a push is key. And what

that means is creating a vision that is so like you want it so bad that you're excited about

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