We struggle with habit change because we have unrealistic expectations of how things will turn out, how others should be, and how we should be.

There’s a projector in our minds, and it’s constantly playing a movie about how we’d like things to be, our ideals about the world, our expectations of how things will turn out, how others should be, [and] how we should be.

The Mind Movie is what stands in our way of making habit changes. It tells us that changing a habit should be easy and fun, but the reality is that we must wander outside our comfort zone.

The Childish Mind is the part of our mind that complains about how things are, that fears discomfort, that just wants pleasure and comfort, that doesn’t want things to be difficult.

Gratitude is a great antidote to resistance that we can practice each day, including when our Childish Mind eventually starts to rebel against doing the habit.

Consider writing a short journal entry about your reflections, to solidify your learning.

Treat habit formation as a learning process, as a way to learn about yourself, your mind, mindfulness, resistance and more.

A key habit skill is learning to flow around the disruptions and just keep going: When you miss a day or two, you can either feel bad about it and possibly get derailed completely, or you can flow around it and not make it a big deal.

When you miss one day, do everything you can to figure out why you missed, and solve it so you don’t keep missing