In one novel which read long ago by Ken Follet; he describes by a character on how to tackle being kidnapped!
If you are imprisoned in a lonely place like a jungle with no place to go; apparently the first things to do is to demarcated the place where you would answer the nature’s call! It must be as away as possible from where you are planning to stay for prolonged periods and definitely far from where you sleep!
Similarly in a recent book called atomic habits by James Clear he states how you must have demarcated zones for your habits!
The core idea of the book is that making small, consistent shifts—what he calls “atomic habits”—can lead to a significant transformation over time, because habits are the “compound interest of self-improvement”!
He also demonstrated this principle with the “1% rule,” mentioning how minor, consistent improvements build up to an impressive outcome over time!
Getting 1% better every day for one year doesn’t just make you 365% better; it makes you nearly 37 times better!
Clear provides a framework called the Four Laws of Behavior Change, which makes it simple to implement small habits in your life.
The first law is to make it obvious which uses environmental cues to remind you of the habit. For example, lay out your running clothes the night before to make morning exercise an obvious choice!
Make it as attractive as possible by pairing the habit you want to build with a habit you already enjoy. If you want to meditate, do it while listening to your favorite music! I sketch while listening to music or an audiobook!
Small steps are important to make it easy! For example, start with a 10-minute walk instead of trying to commit to an hour-long run which is in fact your final goal!
Finally you must make it satisfying by reinforcing the habit with a small, immediate reward! Just looking at your smart watch for goal achieved is great!
Finally we come to the topic we started!
Demarcation!
You can’t eat in the bedroom and you must never sleep in the living room!
You must have a room or corner where you consistently pray or read and only one place which you must use to sleep! You literally must not sleep around!
When this becomes ingrained then unless you decide to sleep and go to the bedroom, you will not sleep! When you thus device a system then your efficiency also improves!
Efficiency is also when PBS sings RK songs!
Shubh ratri!
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