21-Day Habit

I skimmed through this book about self-confidence and stumbled upon this learning technique called, "The 21-Day Habit." Supposedly, it takes approximately twenty one days to break an old, destructive habit or form a new, positive habit. I haven't been writing in my blog for quite some time now and have struggled to find something to write about. I was writing about yoga for well over a year and then tried to write about motivation, health food obsession; I kind of drifted there for a minute, but now I think I find a meaningful subject to discuss: my 21-day psychological makeover. Today is the 19th of April making May 9th, Mother's Day, the last day of the 21-day habit makeover.

So, how do I start and continue to write about this? I've been going to some Jung workshops since I hate that I'm so indecisive and fear making any long-term decisions. I don't know where this stems from or what I can do about it and according to the book I was skimming, this is a trait of someone who lacks self-confidence. I've decided that I will work on this trait I dislike about myself and be a lot more conscience about my self-defeating habits and form more positive or middle zone views on myself. I'm consistently stuck in this uncertain role where I feel helpless and hopeless on my career choice and future. Apparently, I have low-self esteem and don't believe in myself to succeed in whatever I choose to follow. Then again, there is the possibility for failure, but that's life.

I'll start by answering some of the questions in the book for this blog:

A. What negative habits do you desire to replace? Well, I already stated that I would like to replace my indecisive, self-defeating habits, and complaining.

B. What positive habit or attitude will you develop to replace it? I would like to develop an attitude in which I at least try to follow through with "big-life" decisions. I also would like to focus my attention on having a more middle area look on life instead of seeing things as black or white. I would like to complain less and compliment more. If I have a compliment, I should just shut my mouth.

C. What actions will you take to replace your negative habits? Well, this blog is for starters. I'm kinda unsure of how to even go about this section of the blog. Should I jot down the times I was negative or positive? I'll need to focus on the things I love in life and start making efforts to following through with at least 1-3 items.

D. What is the easiest and most logical way to do this? Catching myself saying self-defeating things or complaining. Ugh, I really need to stop that. I should practice saying less...