BUILDING GOOD HABITS
Hello #scifimultiverse friends, I trust your week is going well. Happy Independence Day in advance to my Nigerian friends. Our Country will be great again.
A habit is a repeated action or practice that becomes a personal routine. It can be either good or bad. This action or practice is consistent over time and, at some point, becomes an integral part of the individual. For example, saying a prayer before and after waking up or going to sleep. Listening to NTA news by 7 am 4 pm or 9 p.m. Going to church on Sundays. Cooking a certain menu on Sundays. Saying sorry when we offend people. Smoking, flirting, blogging, waking at a particular time, among others. But for this write-up, I shall focus on good habits.
Before now, I did not set goals; I moved from one point to another that suited me. I did not consider timing or planning. I wake up and move from where I stopped. No plan, no set goals, no reflection; I keep moving, and at that point I made little or no progress. I keep rotating in circles happily.
However, things changed; I’ve worked on myself and formed good habits that changed the narrative. I now make my yearly, monthly, weekly, and daily plans with Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound goals (SMART), which I judiciously follow through on, not as a perfect individual but as a human who sometimes fails but rises quickly, striving, building, and reflecting consistently on those goals. I also seek counsel when necessary, take stock of events, adjust and restrategise as I make progress.
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Nevertheless, good habits are difficult to form and maintain; sometimes, as humans, we may lose focus, but the most important thing is retracing our steps and continuing with those good habits. Learning from our mistakes and bouncing back on track without giving up.
Change is constant, and right now, the small change I am making presently is saving consistently after earning income. This is one of my set goals, and intentionally, I have followed up with this good habit. I can confirm that it has helped me achieve other financially related goals without struggle and has solidified my future investment plans.
Since we are expected to stop working at some point in life, I strongly believe that the habit of saving consistently and investing wisely will yield a Return on Investment (ROI) that will improve my life in the long run.
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