100 Days to Art of Self Mastery and Inculcate Happy Habits

 

When stuck in the middle of a whirlpool of uncertainty , the best way to experience freedom is 
by diving within to peace and happiness . -  Sreelatha 

With inspirational books, motivational speakers, spiritual leaders talking and well wishers emphasizing on the need of discipline in life, most of the times we are clueless what should we do best with so many choices available. Well consistency is the expensive key that tends to play the dominating mind games to make us a slave to unconvincing excuses. With a lot of self experiments and inferences, though, we will be able to master the art of commitment in perfect synchrony with our goals.

The 100 days challenge or even the 21 days ritual for the well being of mind, body and soul, might seem like a common read delivered by famous authors and philosophers. The present times have definitely increased the demand for the self help treasures, which once stood gently to be qualified for a light read with no intent to be taken too seriously, except for few doable quick tips.

They say it takes 21 days to master a skill or habit, well it is right.  For beginners, the catch here is to let thought of multiple goals and just take the simplest and achievable one. It can be as simple as walking for 20 minutes everyday and at the same time. Even simpler, it can also be watching the Sun rise (for the lucky ones) everyday and doing Yoga or exercise. The idea is to allow the rewiring of the pattern of thought in the brain and nourish it with discipline. Journaling is also a tried and tested habit that has helped people in all walks of life to achieve greater success in their life and career.

Once we complete this challenge, after repeated attempts because if we break the chain even for 2 days, the mind goes back to its previous habits, not meant to do us any good for sure. It is believed that children develop habits easily with proper guidance to help them discover their talent or learn something in the lines of mindfulness. When we add on years, we tend to say, we are not a child any more, when actually any human is capable of achieving anything at any age based on the discipline and faith.  Habits becomes part of our character so if we imbibe the right ones, we would attract abundance of peace, clarity, happiness and more important self awareness by being grounded. Identify the one that will help us wake up with a smile and sprite to pursue it.

The 100 days milestone is definitely achievable. The obstacles are ever present and in most cases, it is lethargy, work commitments and stress, climate changes or even health concerns. Yet if we treat these as minor unimportant distractions, we will be able to follow our regime with complete commitment. A healthy mind will make a healthy body for sure. The thoughtful strategy would be to break it down to 21 days cycles and to keep adding new achievable goals and habits like affirmations, learning a new skill or language online, art and music, random acts of kindness, sharing our interpretations with like-minded friends or we might as well journal each day with positive hastags it for focus and best results. We should not forget to celebrate our small wins after completion of compartmentalized milestone to get motivated for the next phase.

For people who identify their true purpose of life, there is a definite path meant for them. It is how best they make the days count through graceful self discipline and wisdom, to get closer to their goals, slowly, steadily, smartly and successfully.