If you’re disappointed, fellow procrastinators, in last month’s lack of faithfulness to New Year’s resolutions – or your version – take heart! That might be good. If you’re like me, “your eyes are bigger than your stomach.” As a child I’d think I could eat more than I could. I tend to set super high…
The greatest benefit of mini habits, former procrastinators, is that using them is in line with God’s Word. Jesus commends those who are faithful in a few things, in little things. He also teaches we cannot serve two masters. In that context, he spoke of money vs. Himself. But it prompts me to ponder this:…
How do we start mini habits, former procrastinators? In Mini Habits Stephen Guise recommends these steps: Choose your mini habits and plan. – Write a list of full-size habits you’d like to have. (50 pushups a day/ write 3000 words) Start with one or two, no more than 4. “Minify “ the goals so they…
We carry extra weight, former procrastinators, when we ourselves do things that work against us. Often the problem is not our character – it’s the approaches we take. If we use methods that cooperate with our brains we are boosted on our way. In Mini Habits, Stephen Guise explains how our brains work so we…
Is “willpower” a dirty word for you, former procrastinators? Do you cringe when you read that a mini habit is a very small positive behavior that you force yourself to do every day? Actually, will power is our God-given ally. Forcing ourselves is better than waiting until we “feel like it” – and easier. It…
Does motivation rev your motor, former procrastinators? It does mine. Does it swing you into action, then carry you all the way through a long, drawn out task that lasts for months, years? Uh, no. This month we look into what mini habits are and why they work. A mini habit is a very small…
Depending on our memory, former procrastinators, is a weight that drags us down. We often run through our days working away at things that pop into our heads – instead of working the priorities we deliberately thought through ahead of time. Relying on memory requires brain energy we need for other things. Would you rather…
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.
Proverbs 6:6-8
. . . you have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him.
Colossians 3:9-10