Task: Identify one Tiny Habit that you would like to do in your everyday and attempt to design a system around it that would facilitate this behavior. Record and document your process and reflect on it in the blog.
Answer:
What would be my tiny habit?
For my tiny habit, I would choose doing my elliptical training at the exact same time every day instead of working out at different times of the day (sometimes in the morning, sometimes in the evening.
What kind of a system would help me achieve this?
- Motivation – Usually, my motivation is to keep fit and to clear my mind a bit by working out. However, sometimes I lack motivation because I may end working on my assignment late and feel only the need to sleep.
- Ability – My ability to do elliptical training is high because the gym room is in the same building, not very far away from my room. All I have to do is to go downstairs and start the training.
- Trigger – I lack the trigger at the moment. I could use signal as a trigger – simply set up an alarm for the same time every day, for example 9:00 PM.
To sum up, my tiny habit would be tp have a daily time slot for doing elliptical training. To achieve this, I would need to set up an alarm on my phone as a trigger which would remind me to go downstairs and work out every dat at 9:00 PM. In this way, I would feel motivated (not sleepy at this time), I would have the ability to perform the action and the trigger would keep on reminding me to take a break to exercise.