Habits - Clean Your Room, Make Your Bed, Mom Was Right
It's been four years since I read James Clear's wonderful book, Atomic Habits. https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits One of my favorite quotes from his book is this one: “ You do not rise to the level of your goals . You fall to the level of your systems. Your goal is your desired outcome. Your system is the collection of daily habits that will get you there." Brilliant. Simple. Powerful. It's worthwhile to periodically, even regularly, examine one's systems or structures. We all have them. Even the ones that don't serve us (maybe especially the ones that don't serve us!) need regular inspection. I remember this observation from James' book so well probably because it is the story of my life. When I succeed, I tend to have some structure in place to support whatever activity. (James' book also inspired me to look into Bullet Journaling and I'm on my 3rd year of that structure/system. It has helped considerably. No more 5 or 6 different