If you want to introduce a new habit, you must commit doing it 21 times in a row to make it stick. For example, if you resolve to exercise every day for 15 minutes, you must do so for 21 days straight. If you miss one day, start again from one and continue till you hit 21 times straight. If you can do that, it is practically guaranteed that you will more or less pursue your resolutions faithfully and feel good about yourself.
A highly recommended habit:
ENGAGE in a spiritual practice that involves a lot of self- investigation.
For some, this means contemplative retreats where they can peruse their inner selves with great intensity and honesty. For others, it could be the mind-body approach or yoga in it's many variations. The benefit of zen practice is that it will help to center yourself in the midst of the glitz and the ego-excesses that public life imposes on a person. It can help you experience - True Seeing or see things as they really are. It is not easy and in many ways it will "break you". But what you will discover inside yourself will amaze you.
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