The Broccoli Habit



It has been a couple weeks now since I last posted thanks to a very busy schedule. During October I've been trying to step up my posts and shares, but I clearly have not quite ingrained the habit as deeply as I need to. Which brings us to this article on how to effectively implement new habits in your life. It is interesting to me that I am struggling just a tad with the regular posting habit even as I come up on the two year mark for my dieting and exercise habits.

One thing that I am currently testing with this post is a new IFFFT recipe to automate the post. In the past I would use Hootlet to share interesting pages to LinkedIn and then effectively create a cross post manually on my blog. That was mainly to keep the LinkedIn post a bit cleaner. However, that significantly slows things down (2 posts versus one post). Yesterday I attended an online project management webinar about some time management strategies and one of the questions to examine when developing a task list is whether an item can be automated. So I decided to see if I can automate the cross-posting of these articles and shares. Once I see how this works over on the LinkedIn side, I'll decide whether I want to continue or not.


The Broccoli Point: Why Creating Habits Is Hard - Personal Growth

Most newly proposed systems or habits (mental or physical) follow a basic formula whereby a solution is proposed with no broccoli needing to be eaten. Lose weight, no problem! Get rich, no problem! Train your brain in 30 days, no problem!

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