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Today's tip is to pair little tasks with things you already do.

By pairing habits, you'll be less likely to forget them.

We all have little things we know we should do regularly.

Maybe it's flossing or writing in a journal.

It can be very powerful to make these good decisions automatic.

But building habits is hard. That's why I'm always on the lookout

for ways to make habit building easier. So I love this suggestion that I received from before

breakfast listener Peggy. She wrote in that I realize I have a habit that helps me with getting

little things done that can be overlooked. I try to combine two or more tasks so that I don't forget one

of them. She gave me a few examples of pairings that worked well in her life. When I make my bed in the

morning, she says, I pray. If I see my bed isn't made, I know I forgot to pray also. Peggy notes that

she injured a muscle in her leg at one point and

knows she needs to stretch it. I was forgetting to stretch it after running, as I'm usually

short on time in the morning, she says. I found when I am in the shower and conditioning my hair

after a run, I just stretch that particular muscle for a few minutes while I let my conditioner sit.

I had problems for years with

this muscle, but once I started this routine, it hasn't been a problem. Praying and stretching are

frequent tasks, but other little things don't need to be done nearly as often. There are a few tasks I have to do

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