What are your daily habits?
There is a book called the Power of Habit – Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg that explores the science behind habit creation and reformation. He does a great job explaining habit formation, and thus, I won’t go into this.
What I will say is that I’m a habit of creature, and it has done me well. I’ve created daily rituals that allow me to get through the day, be successful at work, and get fit. Once an idea becomes concrete in my brain and eventually habitualized, my psyche gets set.
I have my morning ritual, my evening bath, and to-do lists habits. I also have a daily exercise habit. For the past 20 years, I’ve tried to exercise every day. Obviously, covid and the like knocked me off course occasionally.
As I write this bit, I’m exercising. I’m on a 60-minute walk. The air quality is not the greatest. I am taking precautions. But I need to walk in the morning. I need to raise my heart rate. It’s become habitualized.
Nowadays, I find that my walking habit serves another purpose besides fitness. I call it my mourning walk. During these walks, I find myself at times processing my grief. Memories flood my mind. I may even shed a tear. But the movement and the air help me be in the moment as well as keep moving. Life continues, even while it’s hard. Even as I get tired at the 45-minute mark of my walk, I know I have to keep going in order to get home.
psychologistmimi 
Nature’s Best Therapy
Dear Miriam A Free Dance
From Head to Toe Freeing Our
Nature’s Escaping From the
Modern MaLaDY
Of Mother
Nature’s
Deficit Disorder
Trapped Tween Two
Ears And Plastered
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“The Body Keeps Score” Also the Name of A Book
All About How Our Emotions Flow Through Our
(Or Perhaps Get Trapped in Tensions Physically)
Body So Yes to Get in Touch From Head to
Toe When Moving Walking Dancing
And Whatever Other Creative
Movement in Tune of
MuSiC oF the SoUL
Regulating Emotions
Integrating Senses in
Synergy of All Feelings
FLoWinG Through Every
Cell And So Much Smaller and
Larger Holistically Dear Miriam With SMiLes…
When Peace Is Felt From
Head to Toe Balancing
FRiEnDS With Gravity
Mind and Body SouL
Whole the Positive Energy
of Love to Focus in All We Do
Comes Free to Be Yes in All We Do..:)
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Indeed, for sure, the body keeos score
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Humans are creatures of habit. The key is establishing good ones like you have.
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Yes, very much so. Have a wonderful weekend!
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Taking the dog for a walk is a daily source of solace. Despite all the disappointments and heartaches and all the people passing away, I get one more day to be on a walk with the dog.
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That is such a lovely thought!
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