I can’t believe that it’s mid-January already!
I shared that I read a book called Atomic Habits (great book!) and I pulled together a ‘habit tracker’ – where I basically have a calendar view of my habits, and then track which ones I do on which days and then over the month, I can see which ones I’ve done the most and which ones I haven’t.
For example… I’ve got on there – gym, walking, drinking 1 litre of water, writing (not doing too well on!), reading, and a few more.
Now as I reflect on my habit tracker, I’m realising, I need to make sure I give all my habits attention. There’s some that I haven’t done at all. For example DJ.
So… when I was younger (alot younger) I used to DJ. Loved it. But haven’t done it for many many years…. then it all changed. Talking to my friend, I decided to buy some decks (mixer) and downloaded some dj software on the laptop. And started mixing/DJ’ing towards end of 2024. This is one of my habits. And I’ve not done it so far in January. Which got me thinking, could I break this habit down further to make progress….
And I’ve done just that. I listen to music all the time, in the car… in the plane, when travelling basically and then when if I’m in the hotel in the morning, etc… why not start to put songs/music together which I could mix? or why not listen to mixes that other DJ’s have done where I could take inspiration from?
So habits can be broken down to make progress…. and not beat myself up that I haven’t done anything on that particular habit.
For those who have not read the book, recommend you read it or find out what the book is about via their website.
But in essence… you build habits, to get better at something, Doing it little but often will see results.
Here’s what a habit tracker template looks like and I got mine from – https://daydesigner.com/products/habit-tracker (you can also just google and you’ll find so many different types of templates).
What do you want to get better at? What habits would you list?
