Habits

Habits are survival mechanisms.

I think the challenge is understanding why you tip--or don't--into persistence.

I have no trouble brushing and utterly fail at flossing. Reason? Brushing seems good enough, despite plenty of evidence from my dentist that flossing is the more rewarding effort.

I've been trying to meditate twice daily for almost two years now. It's clearly beneficial. Yet, I struggle. Reason? I haven't made meditation critical.

I should have completed the first draft of a novel by now. It's an engaging story and I enjoy discovering its nooks and crannies. Reason I don't continue? It's not life or death.

But it could be. They all could be.

If I decided I couldn't live without doing them.