Keep it up.

Making good habits stick.

Creatures of habit ?

Last Sunday we touched on habit building.

But how do we build good new habits, and make them stick?


We've some suggestions:

1. Use existing habits as triggers.

We always put our keys in the same place. We always brush our teeth before bed. Use these or similar existing habits as triggers and link new ones to them.

2. Make it easy.

If you want to meditate every morning, prepare the space the night before. If you want to take a bottle of water to work every morning, leave one by the front door before bed.

3. Make a commitment.

Write down a goal for the new habit, and really commit. Reflect on why you want to do it, and the rewards you hope to get.

4. Tell a friend.

Get yourself an accountability partner! By sharing your intention publicly you increase your chances of success.

5. Create new triggers.

Leave post–it notes in all the right place. Or set a notification on your phone, at least for a short time.

Further reading.

Tiny Habits builds on what we're talking about. It is all about making transformative change by starting really small. And we mean really small.

Our friend Mike Coulter offers a free, simple 5 part training to get a glimpse of how small changes can build to a big impact.

But if going 'deep' is your thing, have a look at James Clear's Atomic Habits. A deep dive into the psychology of habits and change.

We'd love to hear how you get on!

Why not try this now?

• Draw a simple habit chart, and put it somewhere where you will see it every day. (Here's a great 90-day example from our friends at Do).

• Build your streaks and mark them off every day.

Why not try to use Do Breathe to breathe better 3 times a day, every day?

Thank you!

Thank you so much for taking part in our first programme and testing our Do Breathe app.

The icing on the cake would be couple of minutes of your precious time to fill in a post programme survey.

Understanding what you like, what you don't like and how we can make it better is critical to our future and our ability to get more people breathing better around the world.

Thank you so much.

What's next ?

Breathe well. Be well. Do well.