6 Yummy Habits That Help Me Achieve My Goals

I don’t wake up at 5 AM in the morning.

Ankita Mahawar

Jan 19, 2023

If you’re insecure, you know what, the rest of the world is too.

Hello there,

Welcome to Part-Time Creator’s newsletter. I have been sick since last couple of days.

I published this article on Medium this week, hope it helps you to build a sustainable habit.

Life is about the things that you do and the things that happen to you every day.

It’s not about the things that could have happened but never did, or things that you think would happen in the future.

There are a few simple ways to shift your mindset and keep you on track to achieving your grandest ambitions.

I am going to give you some super-easy solutions to defeat the wrongs and help you to become a better version of yourself.

1. Creating a list

Sometimes when I get busy with my day, I forget to miss the important stuff.

So I started creating a list of everything I must accomplish each day.

It made me super productive, led me to prioritize important stuff, and didn’t throw me off track with daily life hustle.

You can start creating a list of:

Your work responsibilities,
Goals- career, health, relationship
or anything you need to do to get one step closer to your dream.

2. Tacking complicated tasks with a reenergized mindset

Certain tasks need deep focus and undivided attention.

To achieve that state, I need to rest my mind and body to get into the deep work state.

I switch off my phone and have a designated place that allows me to focus 100% on complicated tasks.

It helped me stay in a deep work state longer, with minimal distraction. And I can accomplish a lot in a smaller duration.

To get into the deep state of work, your mind needs to be free from clutter and various other things you may need to do.

Creating a safe environment where you can focus to create astonishing results is all you need

3. Creating Weekly goals

In the last 3 years, I have started setting goals weekly and monthly.

Most days my goals are more or less the same for each day. It allowed me to stay consistent and fell in love with the process.

For example, I aim to walk for 1M every day.

It was not super hard and easy to complete the activity that required around 15–20 minutes of my day.

By the end of the week, I walked for approximately 6–7 miles even if I skip a day or two.

You can start something like this:

I want to publish 3 articles this week: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
I want to finish 3 sessions of my strength training: Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday

4. Weekly and Monthly Retrospect

I started this practice in 2021 when I read a post about how to do an audit for your big goals. It’s part of point #2 I mentioned earlier.

It helped me to quickly identify problems, and my weak spots, and give me a rough path to remediate.

It’s called self-reflection. The term I get familiar with recently.

At the start of the month: I write down my activities/goals for the month:

One interesting thing, I give a word each month.

For January, my word of the month is “Perseverance”

And every weekend, I write down my answers to the below questions:

What went well?
What didn’t go well?
What can I improve and how?
Goal setting for the next week.

Once you form a habit, it takes typically 10–15 minutes to complete this exercise.

5. Gratitude journaling

In 2020 I started using the 5-minute journal app in the morning.

In this journal, I write 3 things I am grateful for.

It makes my heart and soul happy.

To get better things in life, you must give them to the Universe first.

If you want to have an abundance of love in life, spread love and kindness around you.

It doesn’t need to be super fancy and it’s okay to write the same things every day. I write something like:

I am grateful of:

My family
Waking up healthy
Writing to help people make their life happier and healthier

It will just take 1–2 minutes of your time and it can help you start your day with hope and positivity.

6. Changing the self-talk narrative

I won’t call myself a pessimist but I tend to look at the negatives before I look for any positives.

I usually start with worst-case scenarios or how many things can go wrong.

But in the last 3 years, I slowed down, and observed the pattern of negative self-chatter that constantly says “100 things can go wrong if I do this.”

When I started writing It took me months to publish my first article because I was consistently focused on what people will think, how people are going to react, what if people troll me, and what if no one likes my writing.

You get it right.

It’s very difficult to convince yourself.

And sometimes you are your worst obstacle.

If you are also in a similar way, self-aware is the tool you need.

Observing your behavior patterns can help identify what solution you can bring to help look at the positive sides of things.

It’s okay to be scared and fearful.

All emotions and feelings are valid.

Sulk into it for hours, or days but get back to the self that helps to move forward rather than holding you back.