5 Mistakes People Make When Setting Up Habits and How to Avoid Them

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If you're struggling with maintaining or creating new habits, you are not alone! Habits are a complicated affair that involve a lot of energy shifts and dynamics which we need to understand in order to properly manage starting a new practice or routine and stay consistent with it. In the episode, I am sharing everything you need to know about creating new and lasting habits, the mistakes you might be making, and how to set yourself up for success!

Timestamps:
• [2:29] “We are not being specific enough when it comes to determining how to carry out those ideas and goals effectively “
• [5:54] Dr. Li discusses having a back-up plan for when emergencies or distractions come into play.
• [8:46] “Keep a mini record of what's actually going on so that you can reward yourself when you're actually taking the steps. Consistency is both easy and difficult at the same time…”
• [10:29] “When we get impatient with ourselves, that actually ends up killing our drive, killing our motivation, killing our streak, killing our consistency, killing our sense of ourselves.”

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