Joy Journal
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66 Days
You Are What You Repeat
New Year’s Resolutions are fundamentally a desire to establish a new habit for yourself, and the beginning of a new year provides the feeling of making a fresh start. All of the newsletters this month have had this “fresh start” kind of focus – word for the year, willpower and now habit formation.

In reality, most habits take at least 66 days to create and really tough ones can take up to a year. I was very surprised to learn this. I suppose 21 days feels much more doable, so many of the self-help gurus grabbed onto the short end of the spectrum to make more headlines.
Some easy habits, e.g., drinking an extra glass of water a day, can form within 21 days, but if you are reaching for something more challenging, please avoid feeling like a failure if you haven’t reach habit-level change by today. Instead, mark your calendar for March 7 – that will be 66 days. You have 45 more days to make your desired change/new habit a reality.

Past Journals
66 Days
You Are What You Repeat
“Will You?” or “Won’t You?
The Magic of Willpower
A Focus on Perseverance
Getting past week 1 to week 52
Nurture
What is your word for the year?
Merry Christmas, Joychievers!
Seek the happiness of the day
One Step for Regaining Work-Life Balance
Finding new transitions to leave work at work
Move for Longevity
How Sitting Can Shorten Your Life
Holy Cow! The Joychiever Launched This Week
Reflections on a Personally Monumental Experience
The Wonderful Elixir of Sleep
Wake up energized and ready to tackle the day
The Beauty of the Morning Ritual
Start each day for YOU
