Even Mt. Everest has to be climbed one step at a time. the trick is not to stop. When it gets hard just make smaller steps and keep going.

Theory

• Forming new habits isn’t hard, nor does it require a lot of willpower. The problem is with our approach to habit-formation
• There are two simple ways to habit-formation that makes it easy to accomplish: 1) Half Habits 2) Timeless Habits
• Half Habits: Rather than aim to form a new habit fully, aim to make progress in the direction of the new habit. You will gradually re-adjust, and the approach is much more natural than expecting to form a new habit with a single leap
• Timeless Habits: There are many, many habits we can develop that require absolutely no time commitment. Replacing coffee with green tea, or soft drinks with water doesn’t take any extra time to do but can bring about great benefits into our lives

Practice

• Half Habits: For all the habits you intend on adopting, instead of focusing on the destination (forming the new habit fully), think of the next step you can take in the direction of these habits and make a slight adjustment to adopting these habits
• Timeless Habits: Come up with ways you can make simple changes to what you eat, how you behave, etc. that can bring about positive results in your life, without needing to free up any time on your schedule to form these new habits

To read more from Haider Al-Mosawi, check out his blog: Personal Growth Map.

Quoted from Two Simple Ways to Form New Habits Without Really Trying