I recently committed to a challenge: doing something consistently for 100 days. Yesterday, while working, my computer notified me that I hadn't backed it up in 100 days. When I started this goal, 100 days felt overwhelmingly long, but that notification brought me back to the moment I last backed up my computer. I was packing for our trip to Puerto Escondido, and that memory feels like it was just yesterday.
This really put into perspective how long time feels going forward and how short it feels looking back. With small habits and consistency being top of mind lately, I’m realizing how much it helps to break our goals down into chunks of time and challenges. Whether it’s a week, 20, 40, 100 days, or a year, giving yourself a hard deadline to do something consistently can really be the switch you need.
For me, the deadline gets me moving as it reinforces a sense of urgency, but often the end goal is never to stop once it’s achieved, but rather to change your lifestyle completely.
