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Hobby to Habit

According to a survey, around 70% of the new year resolutions revolve around weight lose and dieting. And almost 90% of this category breaks the commitment. Why does this happen?
In our everyday life we tend to make so many commitments, but how many of them do we actually stick to? For e.g., I made a few commitments to myself like I will learn new song every week, go back to learning Sanskrit, write blogs regularly, go for walk and a few more. Writing blog and going on evening walk are the two things which I'm still doing(although with some breaks). I took myself as my case study and found that it takes effort to get something into habit. You need to do that one thing regularly, till it becomes a part of the everyday schedule. Even interest or craze for something doesn't help. You need to take out time for that one activity.
Stephen Covey says it takes thirty days to convert an activity to habit. These thirty days you need to face the acid test of avoiding procrastination and lethargy.
Also, you must have noticed that bad things become a habit very soon. Like a friend of mine who has a habit of biting nails(yuck!!). One does not need to put extra effort to get this. Once you get a habit, it's tough to get rid of the same. That's what the old adage means 'old  habits die hard'. But if you try, they do die.
Take out a few minutes and think on what is that one thing that you want to make a habit and get ready to face the acid test!
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