21 Days to Make a Habit
I read somewhere that it takes 21 consecutive days to make an action an habit.
Habits are a hard thing to break, but I’ve been evaluating my productivity and happiness during this spring. I finally made a simple decision that has helped me avoid procrastination:
I deleted all social media from my phone.
(Additional note: I also changed the passwords to complex things that I won’t memorize to prevent myself from signing in from mobile browsers!)
I don’t want to abandon Twitter and Facebook. I love staying in touch with people, seeing their photos, keeping up with news articles, etc.
But spending time on my computer doesn’t make me happy. Playing music does; spending time with my wife does; reading a book does; writing a poem does; taking my dog for a walk does. (Or at least the walks make Lois happy.)
So I’m on day five of limiting my media consumption, and, coincidentally, I’m on day five of practicing more music. I’m also a little happier.
Let’s see if I can stick with it, at least for 21 days.
Oh Lois, you are unhappy when your owners are looking at blinkie screens, too.
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