Talk About Mini-Retreats
Share your Mini-Retreat experience with friends and family. Talk about the shifts you are noticing in your day when you take Mini-Retreats. The more you talk about it, the easier it will become for you to remember to take Mini-Retreats. By sharing your success, you might also inspire people in your environment to begin taking Mini-Retreats. Soon you will be able to support each other on your way to establishing Mini-Retreats as a habit.
Book an Appointment with Yourself
Put Mini-Retreats in your calendar, just as you would with any other important appointment. This serves as a reminder but also helps you to take Mini-Retreats as seriously as you take all your other commitments.
Use Visual Reminders
I am a huge fan of signs. In fact when I first realized that I got all my great ideas when I took a washroom break, I painted a colorful sign with the words “take more breaks” and put it above my desk. It served as a reminder for me to create the new habit and get off my chair more often, even when I didn’t need to. You can post signs around the house, office, car and anywhere else you see them regularly. You can use plain simple words, or images that trigger your memory.
Think about other reminder structures that you would like to create and share your ideas in the comment section below!
Check out other readers’ comments for more inspiration.
how about a sign that specifically reminds you of a specific pleasant result that you had in the past that you want to make into a habit.
For example, I went for a difficult uphill run and was so tired after that I stumbled, all sweating, off the treadmill. When I got in my car I remembered seeing the blue sky and sun and thought about how this endorfin high I was having was making the world look so clear and beautiful. I knew my perceptions were altered by the experience of a good workout and thought to myself… “now this is why I love to do this”
A good sign to motivate me to do this every day might read : “Remember the endorfin rush”
Excellent idea!
Remembering a success and capturing it in a word or a phrase is a great way to remind yourself.
The message will instantly connect you with the feeling of success in the past and help you do, what you need to do to re-create it today.
Enjoy!
I like having Julia’s encouraging Post-it notes around. Seeing them on my desk has been an invaluable reminder to actually take a few minutes of time for me. They have helped me restore and maintain balance in my busy day and put a smile on my face each time.
I am so glad to hear post-it notes work for you! Keep it up! You deserve to relax!
From experience visual reminders work well for most people. What catches our eye, catches our attention.
Give it a try!