Microcast - Taking Control of Your Life with Habit Tracking

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#219 - What if the key to transformative self-improvement was as simple as keeping a journal? We're about to explore the crazy power of habit tracking, a tool that can expose our self-deceptions and pave the way to personal growth. We often believe we're acting more honorably than we truly are, a skewed perception that habit tracking can rectify. In this mini episode,  I touch on the parallels between tracking your habits and budgeting your finances, and how self-monitoring can reveal areas in need of change.

Ready to take the plunge into the world of habit tracking? I'm here to guide you on a journey of self-discovery, starting with noting down your daily habits. If you're looking to change or improve a specific aspect of your life, a journal or phone notes app can be your best friend. As we record our progress, we can become more intentional about making changes. Inspired by James Clear's Atomic Habits, this short episode is your wake-up call to take control of your habits and consequently, redesign your life. Let's embark on this journey together and discover the transformative power of habit tracking!

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Episode Transcript

Teresa (00:00):
Feeling like you need a little motivation or a quick tip
to get you going.
Each week, and between fullepisodes, I will share short
clips on a certain topic.
This is a great way to getinspired for the day.
Enjoy this quick burst ofmotivation.
Habit tracking keeps you honest.
Most of us have a distortedview of our own behavior.

(00:21):
We think we act better than wedo.
Habit offers one way toovercome our blindness to our
own behavior and notice what'sreally going on each day.
That's actually a quote byJames Clear from Atomic Habits.
Now I think about this verysimilar to how we budget money.
So if we wanted to make changeswith our finances, if we wanted

(00:44):
to save money or we wanted tosee where our money goes, we
would track it.
We would track how much moneyis coming in and how we're
spending it.
So we need to do the same whenit comes to other habits.
So if you want to start a newhealthy habit, if you want to
start tracking the way that youfeel each day and to pinpoint

(01:10):
what's causing that feelinglet's say you want to change a
feeling of being unmotivated youwant to be able to track it
right, Because you can't changewhat you don't measure.
So if there's a particularhabit that you want to change or
that you want to improve upon,start tracking it.
You can write it down on ajournal, you can have it in a
notes app in your phone, butjust start keeping track of it

(01:34):
and as you go along and youstart making other changes, you
can find a way to become moreintentional about doing the
thing that you want to do.