Good Habits

I hope you’re still practising. Twenty minutes per day can make a big difference. Here’s the thing: if you practise for twenty minutes daily and do it for 21 days, you will form a habit. 

We all have habits. Some are good, some are bad. Let’s talk about good habits. 

A good habit is something you do over and over, often without thinking about it. You have done it so many times your brain switches to autopilot. (My brother used to pick his nose without thinking about it.) 

Can you remember learning to walk? Probably not, but your mum or dad will. Once you got it, there was no stopping you, right?

What came next once you got the walking gig sorted? Going up and down stairs, taking small steps, giant steps, running, skipping, hopping, galloping, shuffling, walking backwards.

You do all of them without thinking. 

Learning is about habits. Practising makes a habit. Once you have made a habit of something, it gets easier. Your brain has learned the skill, and you remember it. Not only that, it gets better the more you do it.

Hands up if you’re in middle school, say, Years 4 through 6. Think of something you have just read, like this blog post. Is the level of reading higher than when you first started school?

Of course, it is. So, through the first three or four years of school, you read stuff that was much easier than the stuff you’re reading now. 

How did you get better at it? Practice? Yes! Habit? Yes! 

Want to keep getting better? Do more practice and make your good habits stronger.