BALTIMORE, USA – I had big plans for Sunday.
Here’s the list:
1. meet a friend for coffee.
Then she cancelled.
And my list was a little shorter.
So what to do?
Well, I thought, I’m going to a wedding in two weeks. I only have a black suit. And the last time I wore it, which was for my niece’s graduation, my sister said I looked like I was going to a funeral. So maybe I could shop for something more casual…
It was a hot day so I decided to take the bus. But I missed it. So I went walking.
I found the shop, but I didn’t like anything. So I continued walking.
I didn’t see another clothing shop, but I saw a bookstore, so I went inside.
I saw a book I wanted, bought it, then saw a cafe with a balcony overlooking the harbor, so I sat down.
And as I read I thought about how my life had changed.
In November I said goodbye to my life in Prague, and hello to a new life four thousand miles away, across an ocean and six time zones.
Everything was different.
But this felt familiar. And as I thought about it and I realized it’s exactly what I did almost every Sunday in Prague — go for a walk and find some interesting place to read.
Huh. I guess that was my Sunday habit.
It wan’t in my suitcase, but it travelled with me. Just like stretching in the morning and checking under my bed for monsters at night (just kidding).
Habits.
Powerful stuff.
But most people are habit victims.
They have a smoking habit or a watch five hours of TV habit or a bite their nails habit…
Habits control them.
But what if you controlled your habits…. what if you chose them… and chose positive habits…
What if you had The English Habit?
This means you do English every day. You enjoy it. There’s no discipline necessary. No remembering. You’re never too busy or too tired.
It’s as easy as brushing your teeth.
And every day your English gets better.
Automatically.
According to habit expert Steven Duhigg there are three parts to every habit.
And when you know them, you can control them and create a new habit in a few weeks.