[ricky]

I have heard many times that it takes 21 days to develop a habit but I have never found that to be true. Here are a few examples:

I went to the gym every single day (I mentioned it in another forum as well) for 90+ days and after that something came up and I decided to take a break for a few days and the habit broke. That was 8 months ago and I have gone to the gym maybe 3-4 times every since that time.

I decided to do my dishes right after I use them. This was because my dishes were always piling up.
I did the dishes right after I used them every single time for around 1 year and then something happened and I am back to the way I used to be before I started to work towards this.

Watch no t.v. I stopped watching t.v. and I kept that up for about 6-7 months and recently I started watching t.v. again and it seems like I am back to the way I used to be, t.v.'s on all the time now.

Is there anything that I am missing out? Whatever happened to those 21 days? These are just few of the examples. I have tried many times with many different things but the habits just do not stick. I end up going back to my old habits. ????

Thank you
Ricky