Habits - Help to Make or Break Them

 There's lots of information and many people out there that say it takes a certain number of days to break or form a habit. There are a many factors involved here, your motivation for making the change being the most important. You are the only person who can make this decision.

For anyone out there who owns and iPhone or iPand and is looking to make a positive change in there lives check out the Way of Life application. There are other habit building apps but this is the only one I’ve tried.

The app is free and will let you set three personal goals (there are also suggestions). If you would like to set more goals, you will have to buy the app. It’s not much and I think its worth the cost. Once you’ve set your goals you can set an alarm and at the end of each day you will be prompted to track whether you’ve succeeded or failed. This is good because it makes you aware of how many times you do or don’t do something. For example, I drink a lot of pop, so one of my goals was to only drink one pop a day (I know, so bad for me!). I started to track this and I noticed, that the days I was at work  I drank very few pop and the days I was at home or out and about I drank more. Now that I’m aware of this, I try and keep my fridge stocked with other (better) drinks so that I won’t fail as much. Its an uphill battle but there is something satisfying about clicking the yes button and filling in the green square. Now that I feel like I have some control over the situation my next step will be to add a new goal to drink no pop a day and see how I make out.  

Check out the apple website and search for the Way of Life app to learn more. The screen shots are very helpful. Better yet, download the free version on your phone and give it a try or see what else is out there that will help you succeed at your goals.