Write it down. -- both the change you want to make and what you are actually doing each day. Or another way to put it is "Journal, Journal, Journal!"
Want to decrease your spending on lunches per week?
Increase the number of steps you take per day?
Drink more water?
Cut down on TV time?
Find a new hobby to enjoy?
It doesn't matter what behavior change you are trying to make happen in your life -- If you write down what you are doing each day to get you to your success point -- you are more likely to achieve it. And maintain the behavior.
You don't need any specific kind of journal -- just something small enough to be convenient -- post-it notes that you add into a spiral bound notebook will work if it works for you.
There are also great online goal/journal tools that you can use (or add to your Facebook page -- to give you added accountability). Try this one!
The point is -- if it is written down, you can clearly see what you are doing without either under- or over-estimating your success. Want to read about the research? Click here -- this is an excerpt from a Log that I particularly like.
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