Something that always makes me feel like a new person after? Taking a steamy, long, hot shower. Something silly? I almost never do it. I’m usually in and out. Or I’ll skip it completely if I haven’t gone out. The hot water will make my hair oily, I justify to myself, or it’ll dry out my skin. I realized it’s actually because my parents always balked at the idea of racking up the water and gas bill…
I’m reading BJ Fogg’s, “Tiny Habits.” He explains that all behavior can be described in one equation. Behavior = Motivation + Ability + Prompts. Prompts. The things that trigger you to do a next action. It finally clicked that staying home with O, me not working and him not going to school, means we have no prompts during the day. No breakfast to pack, no lunch to get ready, no clothes to put on…