How I Trained Myself To Stick To Any Good Habit in 21 Days How I Trained Myself To Stick To Any Good Habit in 21 Days Sticking to a habit feels harder than it should. Most of us start strong but give up after a few days — I’ve been there too. But this time, I decided to change that and trained myself to stick to any good habit in just 21 days. Here’s exactly how I did it so you can try it too. The First Thing - Remove All the Distractions Remove all the bad habits first. Stop scrolling reels, stop eating junk food. And try not to use social media unless it’s a part of your work. Remember, “When a man gets pleasure, he forgets his goals.” Being Bored is Better Than Scrolling Reels Studies show that embracing boredom actually helps your mental health and builds long-term thinking. Scrolling reels might entertain you for a moment, but it kills focus in the long run. If you want real growth and want to rise above, learn to sit with boredom. Plan Your Day Realistically...
Action Over Excuses — Make Ordinary Days Extraordinary
A direct, no-fluff message: your life changes when you decide to act — not on New Year’s, not on your birthday, but on the quiet, ordinary days you choose to fight for more.
It's not luck or talent — it's the work you put in. You know the names, the headlines, the highlight reels. Behind those quick successes are countless small mornings, failed attempts, burned midnight plans and decisions to continue when every voice told them to stop. Elon Musk had three failures in SpaceX before the launch that everyone remembers. Did he pack it up and walk away? Never. He kept going. He made it on his fourth attempt. That’s the point: perseverance is a decision repeated until it becomes the truth of your life.
You have the power to choose how people will remember you. Will they remember someone who hid from fear and collected regret like trophies? Or will they remember someone who looked fear straight in the eye, did the work, and refused to quit? Both lives are available to everyone; the only difference is the action taken on ordinary days. This is not philosophy — this is accountability.
“Extraordinary things happen when you take extraordinary decisions on ordinary days.”
Most of us expect life to flip like a switch on a special day. We imagine a single event — New Year’s, a birthday, a graduation — will rewrite the story. That rarely happens. Real change is quieter and crueler: it shows up on a random Monday, a normal Friday, a morning when no one else is watching. Those ordinary days accumulate into momentum. You make your day ordinary or extraordinary by the choices you make in it, by whether you convert an idea into action.
Don’t romanticize the idea and ignore the execution. There’s a button in your mind called “execute.” Press it. Turn an idea into a plan; turn the plan into the first awkward step; then the second; then the thousandth. Execution is messy, lonely, and slow — and that’s exactly why most people never do it. I don’t care if it’s lonely or hard. You have to walk through the grind. Sitting on the sidelines and watching others live the life you want is the softest form of failure.
This isn’t just about you. Do something for the people who believe in you — do it for your parents, your siblings, your future self. Keep the promises you make to yourself. When you make a promise and follow through, you build trust in the most important relationship you’ll ever have: the one with yourself. That trust compounds. Day after day it becomes easier to do the thing you said you would do.
Ambition doesn’t require grand declarations; it requires consistent progress. Think of a dynasty — an empire built on a surname. Sounds grand, right? It is, but it won’t happen overnight. It takes learning, humility, repetition and the willingness to take small steps without applause. Your rest of your life is about progress. Not perfection. Progress.
You can do anything if you accept two truths: one — you will face resistance, and two — resistance is part of the process. There will always be obstacles; there will always be people who doubt you. That’s normal. The difference between the person who wins and the person who whispers “maybe next year” is persistence. You are unstoppable only when you refuse to give your power away to excuses.
And remember, this is not a competition against your neighbour. It’s always you vs you. Comparison steals your progress because it asks you to spend energy on other people’s timelines instead of your own. Run your race. Measure your metric. If you measure progress, show up the next day and beat it.
Live a life worth living. Let people see what you are capable of. Let God — or whatever moral center you believe in — see who you truly are. Let them all witness the kind of person who refuses to be ordinary. Show them what a person with grit and purpose can accomplish. If your ego is aligned with the right cause — not to stroke vanity but to fuel action — it will move mountains. Use that energy to push forward, not to stunt your growth.
Don’t die with a dream in your chest. Press the execution button. Start with the smallest thing you can do today and do it better than yesterday. Consistency compounds. A single call, an hour of focused work, one honest conversation — that’s where futures are made. The quiet day where you choose action is the day your life really starts to bend toward the person you want to be.
Millions are born every year. Millions die every year. How will you make sure the world remembers one name? Not for vanity — but for the promise that your life meant something, that you left a mark. Names aren’t just remembered because of fame; they’re remembered because someone made a difference, no matter the scale. Start small. Make an impact. Repeat.
Of course there will be fear. There will be failures. There will be nights when you question everything. That’s normal. Failure isn’t the opposite of success — it’s part of the path. Fail fast, learn faster, get back up and run again. Each fall teaches you how to climb higher next time. Use failure as fuel, not as an excuse to stop.
Keep working. Keep showing up. Build the muscle of discipline. Protect your time. Protect your focus. Cut distractions that steal the hours you could use to build the life you want. When you invest in the small actions that matter, the world adjusts. The people who once doubted you will notice — not because they’re watching for your downfall, but because relentless action is impossible to ignore.
Finally, be kind to yourself in the process. Being relentless doesn’t mean you operate without care. Rest is not surrender. Recover so you can return sharper. The goal isn’t to burn out; it’s to build a life you can sustain and be proud of.
A note of thanks
Thank you for reading. I don’t take your time for granted. If something in these words landed with you — if it nudged you to take one more step today — then this was worth it. Writing like this is my way of reaching the person who needs to hear a direct, raw push. If you took even one idea and turned it into action, let that be the start of a new cadence in your life. I appreciate you showing up for yourself by reading this.
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