We will talk about the anatomy of habits, discuss BJ Fogg's work on tiny habits and then address some things which make successful habit implementation more likely. This episode is meant to revisit some of the aspects of the Happy Habits interview episode (number 26) and to add a different approach to habits that is easy and helpful. We will also talk about the obstacles and excuses that can trip you up.

For those of you who want to delve deeper into the topic of habits I can recommend two books:

• The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
• Better than Before by Gretchen Rubin

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Comfort and convenience

• We seek comfort through convenience.
• The time that convenience was designed to create for more important things is often taken up by more convenience
• Convenience is a never ending task.
• Our tolerance for discomfort steadily decreases which in turn is related to a lowering of our psychological well-being
• A way out is to allow more risk and failure back into our lives

Consumerism

• The number of ads outnumbers probably all other messages we get every day
• Without thinking about our relationship with consumerism it controls us
• Rethinking consumerism is not about saying goodbye to fun and joy
• It's about aligning what's important to us with how we spend our energy and resources
• This creates room for the great stuff

Antidotes

• gratitude
• savouring
• mindfulness
• thinking about values and what you do and don't do
• creation

Resources mentioned:

The Upside of your Dark Side by Todd Kashdan & Robert Biswas-Diener

Related episodes:

• Positive Money
• Savouring

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