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A review by stagasaurus
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
4.0
I really enjoyed this. I'd like to read it again when there isn't a pandemic going on. I've read a lot of productivity self help, and this is one of the better ones. I do have some questions though:
I wonder how this advice (especially regarding human tendencies) would be different for those of us who are not neurologically typical? Is it possible some brains cannot form habits in the same way at all, or some methods would be more beneficial for different types of brains?
What if I'm currently terrible at everything? If I have NO habits, not even bad ones, how do I make my life less chaotic and which habit do I start with? I found I had very little daily timetable cues already occurring, apart from those in nature.
I also wonder if there's an order of habits that we should do, when everything seems to be equally grasping for my attention? Should I focus first on sleep, or income, or my marriage, or my health? Which plate to start spinning first?
I liked the idea of phasing in new habits but I'd like a timeframe for how to do that.
What if you have a habit you are told you must start a new and large series of habits and there isn't supposed to be an option for easing in. For instance starting a new job or study course / doing two hours of physiotherapy a day 15 mins at a time straight after you have surgery? How do you jump in the deep end with habits?
What if I can only seem to maintain a habit if I obsess about it, but as soon as I start a new one, I lose the old one?
I wonder how this advice (especially regarding human tendencies) would be different for those of us who are not neurologically typical? Is it possible some brains cannot form habits in the same way at all, or some methods would be more beneficial for different types of brains?
What if I'm currently terrible at everything? If I have NO habits, not even bad ones, how do I make my life less chaotic and which habit do I start with? I found I had very little daily timetable cues already occurring, apart from those in nature.
I also wonder if there's an order of habits that we should do, when everything seems to be equally grasping for my attention? Should I focus first on sleep, or income, or my marriage, or my health? Which plate to start spinning first?
I liked the idea of phasing in new habits but I'd like a timeframe for how to do that.
What if you have a habit you are told you must start a new and large series of habits and there isn't supposed to be an option for easing in. For instance starting a new job or study course / doing two hours of physiotherapy a day 15 mins at a time straight after you have surgery? How do you jump in the deep end with habits?
What if I can only seem to maintain a habit if I obsess about it, but as soon as I start a new one, I lose the old one?