Breaking a Habit

As a follow up to my last post {Viral}, I feel like sharing about a change that's happened over the last 60-80 days.

 A habit that I developed over the 26 years of my professional career which was very sticky to me was to have my breakfast every day between 7:30-8:30 am irrespective of the day of the week.

Looking back, I would attribute that habit to a couple of points: 

·     I am an early morning person so 7:30 was a good 2.5 hours post waking up, so I believed that was the right breakfast time.

·     Over the continued 26 years of active travel which involved staying at hotels in various cities, the buffet breakfast is an early morning affair and I succumbed to it.

 A Few positives and not of this habit: 

·     Breakfast in a hotel is always served early (and fresh too!) in the morning, so I was having fresh food.

·     When you travel in a group, not all folks like to have an early breakfast, while I never insisted on others joining me some people forcibly (could make out) came early.

·     When on the road even during a holiday, folks and family who travelled with me would always say let’s find a restaurant soon for him as he likes to eat early.

·     I sometimes would have a bad/grumpy mood if I did not have my breakfast early. (it had nothing to do with my stomach being hungry but due to the fact that it was a #habit)

How did this habit break over the last 60-80 days ?

• One fine morning, the breakfast at home was ready at my time. As I approached the dining table, it just occurred to me why not test and figure out if I can have my breakfast a little later as I did not have to drive to work. I got engrossed with my work and some 90 minutes later I felt hungry.
•  I continued this for a few days and realized that I am now able to understand when my stomach is hungry for breakfast and eat when I am hungry.
•  Thanks to this I am slowly able to lean towards intermittent fasting since I have longer fasting cycles between two meals.

‘ The Chains of Habit Are Too Light To Be Felt Until They Are Too Heavy To Be Broken’

Do you have a habit that you overcame during this lockdown phase? If you did, do share and tell us more about how you went about it.

 #change #learning #positivity #WorkFromHome #personaldevelopment #wfh #StoryTelling #lifeexperiences

* The above picture of an Ambassador car that's split was shot in Mysore opposite a Traffic police station !