The Power of Very Small Changes

I've been reading a book called "Atomic Habits" by James Clear.  I stumbled across it at the bookstore, and I've really enjoyed it.  It confirms what I've believed for a long time.  Big changes don't necessarily start with "big changes."  Big changes in your life are an accumulation of small habits.  

What if you just improved a tiny little bit each day?  Not huge changes, but small changes.  If you're trying to eat better, what if you just skipped the donut in the morning?  What if you skipped the seconds at dinner?  What if you replaced one soda each day with a bottle of water.  Just start with small changes, and built on those small changes each day.  Don't make them hard, make then fairly painless.  You can do that in every area of your life.  

In the book "Atomic Habits" the math author James Clear provides is pretty startling.  What if you improved by just one percent each day in one area of your life?  That seems pretty easy, right?  Almost unnoticeable in our daily life.  After one year, you'll be 37X better in that area of your life than you are right now!

Look at the other side of the equation.  If you get 1% worse in an area of your life, you bottom out in a few months.  

Author James Clear says that these tiny little changes are like compound interest.  They pay a tremendous benefit over the long run.  

So what would you change?

In your health?

In your work habits?

In your faith?

In your home life?

In your relationships?

Is there a 1% improvement you could make today?

~Pastor Todd Creason

I highly recommend "Atomic Habits" by James Clear--it's full of amazing tips on creating positive change through our daily habits.  It is available anywhere books are sold.