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Starting the Morning Right

For the last few months, I’ve been working on “habits” both personally and professionally. Purposeful habit-building has been an area for me that does not come naturally and yet, this tool/application fit perfectly into my routine. It talks about creating these keystone habits that you build on throughout the rest of your life. For example, if you take this journey, you’ll start with one habit: drinking water when you first wake up. At first, it seemed like a simple item to implement into my life, and it was, but turning it into a habit was a different story. It worked me through setting up a trigger to do so, setting my water out the night before, and a few other actions like “celebrate” when completing.

I know that you may be thinking, this is simple and not for me, but I would encourage you, these things add up to be influential in life quickly. If you are interested in trying out the tool, here is the email you would receive from me if I were to send the invite (and no, I don’t get any referral for it that I am aware of):

Check this out, great app for building healthy habits.

I thought of you while reading an article in this new app I downloaded called Fabulous created by researchers at Duke University. I’m using it to build new habits.

I thought it might be fun to use the app together and hold each other accountable.

Here’s an excerpt from the article:

“Having an accountability buddy is like taking a friend to the gym. It turns an otherwise difficult and boring chore into a fun and social outing. You’ll encourage each other to do better and end up going more often because you’re holding each other accountable.”

You can get it here if you want to partner up!

Let me know what you decide and how you are working on your personal & professional habits! I ended up paying for the service because of the high value I found from it after a few weeks. And, the journey is just starting. I am now working not only on my morning routine but also my eating routine, exercise