This morning I googled how long does it take to make something a habit. According to a 2009 study published in the European Journal of Social Psychology, it takes 18 to 254 days for a person to form a new habit with the average being 66 days for a behavior to become automatic. No wonder I have such a hard time developing good habits, my average is about 12 days.
There are three things that I want to focus on making habits this year:
1. Making sure that I take my meds every day, particularly my insulin before meals.
2. Posting three posts to my blog a week, like I was doing so this one is a re-habit.
3. Correspondence, like I said my average attention span is 12 days, but I have met (via ancestry) a number of cousins that I should e-mail way more frequently.
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