A lot of times in life, we forget that building the right habits, allows us to grow and elevate the way we’re supposed to. We lose the sense of having structure or doing things the right way to see the end result. We tend to want to shortcut things because we see others doing the same things but at a faster pace.
Our bad habits from when we are younger translate to our real life situations. A perfect example of this is having a messy room as a child. I use this example because if a child isn’t given the blueprint and the discipline to keep their room clean, they may develop bad habits and that translates to adulthood.
If you’re a messy person, then you have to take the time to figure out why. Is it laziness, lack of structure, your mind being all over the place, or any other things you can think of, when you aren’t building those habits of consistency and discipline, you’re bound to go down a path of chaos. Craziness, chaos and confusion are not words we want to use when it comes to building the right habits.
Another example, wanting to get better at something or develop a new skillset. I’ll use me for this example of getting better at basketball. As a young adolescent, my friends were all bigger, stronger and taller than me. I was short, skinny and needed to find my niche in basketball and be able to play with my friends and not be the weak link on the court.
Thankfully I grew taller and that allowed me to be faster but I still needed to hone my skills. I had to build my habits of going to the court and working on my game daily. My friends would go with me sometimes but those other times, I had to have the discipline to get up and go do it. Sometimes, we may not always have someone to hold us accountable and that’s where we have to hold ourselves accountable.
I watched the NBA players who weren’t the biggest or the strongest, but they were the most skilled. I would watch Reggie Miller and Richard Hamilton. They were skinny, quick and always kept moving. That was my niche, conditioning, being fast and always moving. I worked on my jumpshot for hours a day, standing in one area and shooting that shot over and over again. Then from there I’d work on shooting it off of the dribble with my left hand, then my right hand, then running, catching and shooting.
I had to build those habits and one thing I tell people, when you’re developing, growing and improving yourself, you’re training your brain. Body muscle memory applies to so many components and aspects of your life. Your daily habits of washing your face, flossing and brushing your teeth every morning, that’s something now that’s second nature to you. It’s the same thing when you’re doing other things in your life.
We have to keep in mind and remember that most of the things we do in our lives are daily habits that we’ve built from when we were children. Our morning routine a lot of times will determine how our day will go. Sometimes that hurdle we may have to jump early in the day is necessary and due to how we’ve built ourselves mentally, it helps us to get through.
Let’s build our habits to where it’s second nature to us and it becomes easy to do. Let’s continue to grow, prosper, elevate and become the best versions of ourselves. Remember, one day at a time, one moment at a time.
That’s my blog for today, thanks for reading. Be good and go accomplish your goals!
Jamell Crouthers
Aquarianmind
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