Myelin…

Let’s say you want to break a bad habit of scheduling BTL practice and allowing other things to crowd it out. How does one build a better habit of sticking to commitments, like practicing with a purpose every, single time it’s scheduled?

First off, we don’t break bad habits. We build better ones. This is not easy. New habits are clunky at first and oftentimes for quite awhile. If you want to build better habits, you must embrace the pain that comes when getting started. Next, for habits to become habits of the heart, you must make them a priority before you see the payback.

Think core work.

It takes a long time to see the six pack (if ever). You have to commit to doing core work at least three times a week and trust the payout will come. And, don’t forget the science. The longer you’ve habituated something, the more myelins been wrapped around it. Myelin is what strengthens your neural networks. The more you habituate a Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday core routine, the more myelin gets wrapped around that habitual hard wiring in your head. As you begin to see the payback, it becomes more automatic. As you begin to love it, more myelin wraps around this connection. It becomes automatic. Here’s the catch. Myelin is neutral. It wraps whatever you habituate to make it more automatic. It doesn’t know or care if the habit is serving you well. Myelin just does it’s thing.

Want a better work and life? Figure out what matters most to you (this is the aim of CORE & OPUS), and build habits of the heart that align. Simple, not easy. What habits are serving your aim? What habits are not? If “doom swiping” is serving you well, carry the fuc% on. If not, habituate turning the tool the fu$% off (going dark) and building a better nighttime routine, you know? Slow down. Reflect. Write. Baby step into a better you. Myelin is at work inside your cranium. It’s up to you to use it wisely. Capeesh?

Live hard. Love harder…