The idea for making this idea into a blog is inspired by James Clear’s book, Atomic Habits. As a part of his website, he has a habit tracker to help him stay focused, so I figured I’d do the same. Below is an insight into my life.
| Habit: | Mon – Sat, Book Reading and Blogging, 30 minutes when I wake up. | Last Sunday of each month, look over finances | Every work day, do my hair in the morning and dress professionally | Every Friday do laundry, shopping, and cleaning | Gym |
| Make it Obvious: | Set my book out on my computer every night. | Set the date on my calendar. | Set up my sink so everything’s ready and there | Set it on my calendar what my chores are. Create a chore chart | Block time out of my day to go |
| Make it Attractive: | Give myself the freedom to read what I want to and write about whatever topic I want to. | Eat a good meal while talking it over. | Tell myself I look good in the mirror 3 times every morning before getting ready | Before I start cleaning, put out a speaker. | Have a monster before my workout, even if its just a sip. |
| Make it Easy: | I must wake up and pick up my book and access my website every morning. Only do 30 minutes reading and writing. | I have to pay all bills a month in advance. | Set up my sink so everything’s ready and there | Set the chore chart on the fridge. | I have to, every Mon – Sat, pick up a weight in the gym |
| Make it Satisfying: | Every book I finish put $50 towards personal shopping. Every 3 articles published, put $50 towards stocks. | We plan date nights and vacations on this date. | Every week I’ve done good on my hair and dressing professionally, I put $50 towards professional clothes shopping. | Every Friday I do my duties, put $50 towards stocks. | Every week I do everything good in the gym as programmed, put $50 towards personal shopping. |
Links
Buy Atomic Habits by James Clear
See my review on Atomic Habits
| Accumulated Professional Clothes: | Accumulated Stocks: | Accumulated Personal Shopping: |
| $100 | $150 | $200 |
Personal Shopping List
- Squat Shoes, $200
- Ostrich Egg, $60
- Frames for pictures, $50
Professional Shopping List:
- Custom suit, tie, and belt, $2,000
- Ray-Bans Glasses, $150
| Habit: | Mon – Sat, Book Reading and Blogging, 30 minutes when I wake up. | Last Sunday of each month, look over finances | Every work day, do my hair in the morning and dress professionally | Every Friday do laundry, shopping, and cleaning | Gym |
| 6/30 – 7/6/2025 | Done | N/A | Done | Done | Skipped 2 exercises on Monday, skipped 2 exercises on Saturday |
| 7/7 – 7/13 | Missed blogging on the 13th. | N/A | Done | Done | Skipped several exercises due to work and sleep issues. |
| 7/14 – 7/20 | Finished Let Them, finished The Simple Path to Wealth, missed blogging on 18th, 19th, 20th due to beach. | N/A | Missed all, was at beach | Skipped several cardio sessions due to time constraints and beach. | |
| 7/21 – 7/27 |