There’s a lot of things we’d like to get better at, but ideas like “eat healthier” or “get more exercise” can feel lofty and difficult to start. How do you break it down and make those first steps?
What’s something you’d like to do, but could use a little extra boost to get started?
Echoing @Powderhorn it’s good to start with patterns and work your way to the details. New habits (behavioral patterns) like “eat healthier” feel lofty and difficult because they are too broad to be actionable. Identifying habit goals like this is a good first start - the next step is to examine the patterns in daily life that fall under “eating habits” (since “eat healthier” requires changing those patterns).
and so on each have actions that make up the habits. Adding a new action, or changing one, represents a concrete step to be taken. Under Meal Planning, that might be “one new dish each week”, “one vegan meal each week”, or “unfamiliar vegetables as a side twice a week”. Ones for Meal Prep might be “prep two meals on _____day” or “weekly lunch prep allows x many calories”.
Taking the smaller concrete steps are what give momentum to habit changes and enable larger commitments as successes compound.