DAY 22 OF MY CREATIVE WRITING JOURNEY. THE PROMPT WAS to continue writing after the sentence ends ‘WHY IT IS HARD TO BUILD HABITS AND BREAK THEM,”SHE ASKED HERSELF’.
“Why it is hard to build habits and break them,” she asked herself while tying her shoes for her evening walk.
It was not easy for her to walk that day. It was the 21st day of her commitment to walk everyday for 365 days.
She woke up quite late and then started working on the emergency project given to her at work.
By the end of the day, she was so tired that she fell asleep.
She didn’t even realize that by the time she woke for dinner it was already 11PM.
It was not suitable for her to go out for a walk that day.
At that moment, she pondered over the myth of 21 days. It goes like this – if you do something everyday for 21 days, it becomes your habit.
She never believed in any of such things but coincidently it was her 21st day and she was about to break the habit of walking.
After thinking for a couple of seconds, she put on her shoes and walked for about 40 minutes in her living room.
“Was it worth doing?” she asked herself as she finished walking for forty minutes.
“Maybe not but by pushing yourself to do this fruitless walk for keeping your routine, you have boosted your level of commitment and strengthen your resolve to keep doing it when the odds are against you.” she replied to herself and patted her back.
PS – This is the 22nd day of my journey to write everyday for next one year.
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