Daily Habits

When it comes to making changes in our lives, apps can be a convenient tool to keep us on track toward our goals—whether that’s increasing happiness, building or breaking a habit, organizing our tasks, prioritizing our time, optimizing our workouts, and so on. The good news? There are great apps out there that can get you where you want to go way more easily. The not-so-good …Continue Reading

Most of us want to know how to break bad habits but are probably going about it the wrong way. (The whole I just need more willpower thing.) Fortunately, science has a lot to say about how to change a bad habit. Like that one you’ve been trying to kick since last year. Okay fine, the year before that too. Let’s make today the day that you take on that pesky habit with clear …Continue Reading

In one of our first posts ever written here at Positive Routines, we talked about building habits and referenced a program on micro-change that behavioral scientist BJ Fogg affectionately named Tiny Habits. It's about taking small steps in the direction of your big goals to make them more attainable and to be honest, easier. Fogg and his team help you pick small goals and then …Continue Reading

Handling stress sounds like it should be so easy, doesn’t it? Just meditate. But as we all know, in real life, preventing stress is a much more complicated equation. The effects of stress aren’t just annoying in the moment. Cumulatively, chronic stress can take a real toll on your health both mentally and physically, as in changing your brain. Research shows that job …Continue Reading

Figuring out how to change habits is something us optimists call “challenging,” which means that it’s both super hard and super rewarding. Honest truth? Most of us can use all the help we can get. Fortunately enough, there’s a ton of insightful, kickass research out there not only about how to change habits but how to break and build them too. How to Change Habits Using 23 …Continue Reading