“We dream a little too big. The vision of that dream gets in the way of making it a reality.”
This David Kadavy post offers some of the best advice I’ve heard for building a new habit that you’ll stick with for more than a couple days.
He suggests the key to successful habit building is to start at a level that’s ridiculously easy and grow from there. Too often, people’s dreams of an ideal habit set them up for failure. Start small.