So, who came up with "it takes 21 days to build a habit"?
It seems like if you're using pure will power to stay with the habit, you can't stay with it for too long. Since, the mind does not like to be forced to do something. Whereas if you're motivated to do something, you're more likely to stick with it.
Even when I went to the gym for 90 days straight, I think the reason it was easy for me to stop going and the reason it didn't develop into a habit was:
1 - I had forced myself to go even if that meant that I would not get enough sleep, or I would have to give up other things that I might have enjoyed
2 - I didn't see much benefit from going to the gym for so long. To get benefit from going to the gym, other factors have to be there e.g. proper diet and rest but I only was doing one part and that was going to the gym.
So, even though I went to the gym, it left me tired, over trained and not wanting to go again.
Maybe habits can develop easier if we are motivated to develop them and we see positive results? hmm...
