Week One

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Objectives:

  • At the end of this week, you will understand the value of tiny habits for building sustainable behavior change.
  • At the end of this week, you will know the benefit of having a stretch goal.
  • At the end of this week, you will have established your daily habit and started to implement it.
  • At the end of the week, you will have begun logging your behavior change progress.

Activities:

Day One:

  • Read: Knowing is not doing: 4 keys to making sure you are actually making progress.
  • Make a list of 5 things you can start doing today that are: simple, can be completed daily, is easy enough that you are guaranteed to succeed.

Day Two:

  • Make a list of 5 additional things you can start doing today to work towards your goal.
  • Review the list of 10 things and eliminate all of them other than the 3 best ideas.

Day Three:

  • Review the list of three habits you can start today, that will help you begin your journey towards successfully reaching your end goal.
  • Pick one of the three habits, go do it today.
  • Write down (log) somewhere that you completed the habit.

Day Four:

  • Read: It is a marathon: lessons about behavior change taken from the first three miles.
  • Complete your daily habit and log it.

Day Five:

  • Complete your daily habit and log it.

Day Six:

  • Read: Having a vision for the future: What is your stretch goal?
  • Write down 3 versions of your stretch goal
  • Complete your daily habit and log it.

Day Seven:

  • Review your list of 3 stretch goals, choose one.
  • Complete your daily habit and log it.