Comments on: what the snake’s pelvis can teach you about habit forming http://www.lightspeedchick.com/running/what-the-snakes-pelvis-can-teach-you-about-habit-forming/ i was uncool before uncool was cool Fri, 16 May 2008 09:54:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: zura http://www.lightspeedchick.com/running/what-the-snakes-pelvis-can-teach-you-about-habit-forming/#comment-14320 zura Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:10:12 +0000 http://www.lightspeedchick.com/running/what-the-snakes-pelvis-can-teach-you-about-habit-forming/#comment-14320 Damn, the link didn't go through: http://www.flylady.net Damn, the link didn’t go through: http://www.flylady.net

]]> By: zura http://www.lightspeedchick.com/running/what-the-snakes-pelvis-can-teach-you-about-habit-forming/#comment-14319 zura Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:09:28 +0000 http://www.lightspeedchick.com/running/what-the-snakes-pelvis-can-teach-you-about-habit-forming/#comment-14319 I work very well on the reward system: a sumptuous cafe au lait at my favourite cafe guarantees my attendance at early morning yoga class, even in -20 degree weather. I know it tastes best when I've worked for it and I'm all about flavours. ;) Self-bribes with films and a cup of chai on the sofa are also good in getting housework done. Great system with the stove timer, MJ. 18 minutes is no time at all, hardly a sacrifice, but one is amazed by just how much can be accomplished in that short span of time. This is an interesting link a friend once gave me. All about how once can find wealth and peace of mind in simply polishing the kitchen sink. Great tips on how to tackle the domestic chores. I work very well on the reward system: a sumptuous cafe au lait at my favourite cafe guarantees my attendance at early morning yoga class, even in -20 degree weather. I know it tastes best when I’ve worked for it and I’m all about flavours. ;) Self-bribes with films and a cup of chai on the sofa are also good in getting housework done.

Great system with the stove timer, MJ. 18 minutes is no time at all, hardly a sacrifice, but one is amazed by just how much can be accomplished in that short span of time.

This is an interesting link a friend once gave me. All about how once can find wealth and peace of mind in simply polishing the kitchen sink. Great tips on how to tackle the domestic chores.

]]> By: Marie-Jo http://www.lightspeedchick.com/running/what-the-snakes-pelvis-can-teach-you-about-habit-forming/#comment-14283 Marie-Jo Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:18:17 +0000 http://www.lightspeedchick.com/running/what-the-snakes-pelvis-can-teach-you-about-habit-forming/#comment-14283 Absolutely, Unslaked. In fact, when tidying up I set the timer on my stove for 18 minutes and promise myself to tidy up until the bell rings. By the time it does, I've usually hit a stride. Absolutely, Unslaked. In fact, when tidying up I set the timer on my stove for 18 minutes and promise myself to tidy up until the bell rings. By the time it does, I’ve usually hit a stride.

]]> By: unslaked http://www.lightspeedchick.com/running/what-the-snakes-pelvis-can-teach-you-about-habit-forming/#comment-14282 unslaked Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:11:29 +0000 http://www.lightspeedchick.com/running/what-the-snakes-pelvis-can-teach-you-about-habit-forming/#comment-14282 One approach I find effective in leading the proverbial horse to drink, is reducing things to the lowest acceptable quota. Example: cajole myself into reading just ONEpage of some dry-but-necessary text. To refuse myself that and I'm racked with self-reproach ("oh, c'mon... are you THAT frickin' lazy" etc.,) - so I do it. Of course, once there, momentum takes over, and you end up doing more than the initial bite-sized bit, but the point is to "trick" the daunted part of you into starting. And, lord knows, it's the starting that's usually the sticking point to "un-sticky" habits. :) One approach I find effective in leading the proverbial horse to drink, is reducing things to the lowest acceptable quota.

Example: cajole myself into reading just ONEpage of some dry-but-necessary text. To refuse myself that and I’m racked with self-reproach (”oh, c’mon… are you THAT frickin’ lazy” etc.,) - so I do it.

Of course, once there, momentum takes over, and you end up doing more than the initial bite-sized bit, but the point is to “trick” the daunted part of you into starting. And, lord knows, it’s the starting that’s usually the sticking point to “un-sticky” habits. :)

]]> By: Andre http://www.lightspeedchick.com/running/what-the-snakes-pelvis-can-teach-you-about-habit-forming/#comment-14280 Andre Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:19:40 +0000 http://www.lightspeedchick.com/running/what-the-snakes-pelvis-can-teach-you-about-habit-forming/#comment-14280 For me, the short-term payoff in going to the gym is that it gives me 90 min to listen to a TWiT/BOL/Diggnation podcast in relative peace. For me, the short-term payoff in going to the gym is that it gives me 90 min to listen to a TWiT/BOL/Diggnation podcast in relative peace.

]]> By: Martin http://www.lightspeedchick.com/running/what-the-snakes-pelvis-can-teach-you-about-habit-forming/#comment-14279 Martin Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:48:54 +0000 http://www.lightspeedchick.com/running/what-the-snakes-pelvis-can-teach-you-about-habit-forming/#comment-14279 "The key point is to focus on the near-immediate small payoff rather than the long-term large benefit." I cannot agree more. “The key point is to focus on the near-immediate small payoff rather than the long-term large benefit.” I cannot agree more.

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