Permanent rules create pressure.
Short experiments create information.
Instead of committing indefinitely, try:
- Eating fruit before dinner for one week
- Removing sweetened drinks for 10 days
- Adding soup at lunch for five days
According to behavior change research, the ideal timeframe (to commit to in your mind) is about one week.
Observe what happens.
Does eating oatmeal for breakfast for one week sound less intimidating than doing it for 90 days? Of course it does.
At the end of the week, you plan the next week. And so on, until you don’t need to plan it anymore because it is automatic.
