 Good habits like healthy food doesn't always taste good as to sometimes unhealthy alternatives. Forming new habits then become an acquired taste which takes a while before one can get used to and enjoy. Habits are easier to form when we're younger because we have a clean slate to learn and we often don't have anything to compare to so what we are taught may be what sticks with us for the long haul. The older we get, the harder it is for us to unlearn our bad habits and replace them with good healthier ones. Like they say, you can't teach an old dog nutrients but I disagree with that at least when it comes to us as humans. For the most part when we are older, the thing is we are the ones deciding to take on these new habits and we don't usually have people to hold us accountable which means that self-discipline is the one thing we require. So on today's episode of the vlog I'm going to share with you some few tips on how to form healthy new habits that may stick better and help you in the long run. The other disclaimer is these are my methods that I have used that I'm sharing with you so the plan here is to see what may work for you while you adapt or modify to suit your own needs. So let's get to it, 2.1. Pick one habit at a time and name it. Now I found that I'm not really good at dividing my attention on too many new things simultaneously especially things that I'm learning so it may be easier to take one task or one habit at a time and get comfortable with it. Which is what I find works for me especially and when I do find one I give it a name. I give it a name that makes it my own. So if it's exercising more I say Kwame's new exercise regime and I'm able to claim it for me and build it slowly. That's what works for me. 2. Give it time. There are a lot of theories on how long it takes for a repeated activity to become a habit or automatic. And that's anywhere between 18 to 254 days. However, most claims indicate that it takes about 66 days of consistency to form new habits. But as undefined as it is, remember that it may vary from person to person and habit to habit or type of habit you are trying to form. So it takes time. 3. Experiment with it. I find it easier to experiment with ideas or things that I want to turn into habits and coming from the previous point of giving it time. Usually I tend to stick to these things if I tell myself that I'm going to try and lose weight with intermittent fasting for example and so if I tell myself that I'm going to try this intermittent fasting thing for 30 days and see what happens, it's easier for me. As an experiment, my expectations are that of curiosity to see the outcome. So it makes it way, way easier for me to stick it through. 4. Form your own ritual or routine. Performing new, healthier habits are things we do for ourselves. They may not be the funnest of things to do so it becomes more difficult if you view it as just another discipline to master. You are allowed to do it in your own way at your own pace and once you tie it to a ritual or a set of things you do in a particular way that you can enjoy, it gives you that peace within. And that satisfaction makes you look forward to repeating it every other day that you have to do it. It's your time, it's your ritual. The sense of owning it I find does me real good mentally so that's it. 5. Start slow and don't overdo it. Starting slow is crucial to building an organic momentum, it's really important. If you find that it's difficult for you to concentrate on tasks you're not used to just like me, I tend to do it in bits and increase my activity time once I begin to settle into some kind of manageable rhythm and overdoing it will most likely make it less attractive for you to want to repeat it so if it's running that you want to do more of, start with walks then maybe brisk walking and then increase your distance over time and then do it till you are able to run while listening to your body and knowing your limit. It's very important if you can do the set activity for like 30 minutes a day, let it be your thing. You don't owe anybody the speed of learning but you, it's your own thing. And the final thing is tie it to something or reward. Now reward systems can be great at motivating us to keep doing something and using such a thing to form new habits can make it worth your while and what I tend to do is linking it to the third point of experimenting with it. If I decided to let's say transform my body within 90 days with the aim of doing the vlog about it then seeing those results in 90 days and being able to share it in the vlog will be the reward for me in this instance. So find your own way of rewarding yourself and it can even be short of best of doing it. Every week if you are able to work out consistently and follow a strict diet, take one day out of that week where you are allowed to reward yourself with an unrestricted and maybe unhealthy meal. It's allowed, it's a cheat day. So these are some of the ways and tricks that I'm using to form new and healthier habits and if you found new gems in there I'm glad you did and if you have any other personal methods, kindly share them with me in the comment section below. Do like this video and give it a thumbs up and of course subscribe to my channel for more content like this. My name is Kwame and I'll catch you again in the next one. Peace.