[fr] 6 Changes est un site qui vous encorage à mettre en place 6 nouvelles habitudes (ou à éliminer des anciennes) pour 2010, plutôt que de vous acharner sur de "bonnes résolutions" qui font long feu. L'auteur du site propose une méthode très progressive pour effectuer ces changements, et qui est complètement en ligne avec ce que je prêche à droite et à gauche: commencer très petit et modeste plutôt que de viser les grandes révolutions.
Nathalie just pointed me to the website 6 Changes, which I’ve quickly read through, and which is very very good. It’s an antidote to the failure of New Year Resolutions. It’s very FlyLady-ish in spirit (read my post “The Wisdom of Small Changes“) and is completely in line with many conversations I’ve had lately about changing things in one’s life.
From the site’s Quick Start Guide (the author is Leo Babauta of Zen Habits):
Here’s a quick overview of this site and how it will help you.
- About this site. What is 6Changes.com? Choose 6 habits for 2010, and I’ll help you form them.
- The 6 Changes Method. Here’s the method that you’ll use to form each of the 6 habits.
- Suggest habits. Which six will you choose? Some recommendations.
- The Importance of Public Accountability. Why it’s one of the foundations of the method, and how to do it.
- What’s a Trigger & Why Is It So Important? Another key to the method.
- Why You Should Do Only One Habit at a Time. Answers one of the most common questions people have about the method.
- How to Be Patient as Your Habit Develops. It’s not easy to do it this slowly, but here’s how it works and how to do it.
- The Problem With New Year’s Resolutions. Actually, a number of problems. And how this method will solve them.
- The Art of the Start of a Habit. Why starting is so hard and how this method overcomes it.
- How to Kick a Bad Habit. Suggested method that has worked for me in the past.
- How to Form the Exercise Habit. One of a series of planned posts about how to apply the method.
I’ve never been a New Year Resolutions person, because I understood early on that they didn’t work. Over the last years (and especially the last) I’ve really learnt that dramatic change rarely works, and how important habits are. I have to say FlyLady really helped with that.
I had a few objectives for 2009, though:
- get my finances back on track (being up-to-date with bills, earning enough to live on, starting to pay off debt)
- get my flat back under control (it’s now “visitor-ready” at all times even though it’s far from perfect, and I’m housecleaning almost every week)
- have a healthier lifestyle (I’m not sure this was a conscious decision at the beginning of the year, but I’ve reclaimed my evenings, week-ends, and lunch breaks, continued to pay attention to what I eat, and started exercising almost daily)
So, what do I want to achieve by the end of 2010?
- decorate my flat (I’ve been living in it for nearly 10 years!)
- improve the “packaging” of my professional services (that’s the “selling myself” department)
- save up enough money and time to go on a “big trip” somewhere (India, most probably)
- move beyond weekly planning.
Now, can I translate those into 6 changes? I’m going to think about it seriously.
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