Elastic Habits: How to Create Smarter Habits that Adapt to Your Day

Habits that bend don't break! Why do so many sincere attempts to build good habits fail? We try our best to be consistent, but some days are better than others. Inevitably, we fail when life happens, because each day we try to hit the same targets regardless of the situations we face. How, then, can we make our habits more resilient to the turbulence of life? By making them elastic. Most people associate “elastic” with yoga pants and rubber bands. But the word also means “resilient”, the ability to withstand pressure. Elastic materials are far more durable than rigid and brittle ones, which will shatter under pressure. The same is true for habits. A traditional habit is unchanging: the same behavior is done at the same time to the same level every day. It works well until the pressures of modern life break its rigid and brittle shell. Elastic habits are fluid: they can change their form and intensity to suit each unique day. They survive busy, tired, bad days. They thrive in better days. If you are tired of the repetitive and exhausting grind to develop good habits, it is time to give your habits the refreshing superpower of elasticity. Read “Elastic Habits” now, and you will soon discover the life-changing difference of smarter habits that adapt to your day.