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This Small Habit Holds the Key to Lasting Change

Ananya
4 min readJun 16, 2024

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When people start their self-improvement journey, they think that to be the best version of themselves, they’re supposed to start exercising, journalling, meditating, focusing, and reading from the very next day.

The reason most people quit is because of their ego. They think that they are too good for the small things, and can handle everything immediately.

It’s uncool for most people because it doesn’t give you immediate results. No quick dopamine, like how we’re used to it due to social media.

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Obviously, this approach doesn’t last for more than a couple of days, and they give up, thinking this isn’t for them.

There are several tiers to self-improvement. And the first rule is to start small, but be consistent.

We’re training our brains to be disciplined enough to do the small things consistently so that we’re ready for the big changes.

Because big changes only show by doing hard things consistently.

Expecting yourself to transform into a completely new person overnight is not what you should expect.

You need to focus on being 1% better every day. You need to focus on learning how to be consistent with anything.

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Ananya
Ananya

Written by Ananya

A student writing about productivity and self improvement!

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