New year, new habits

We've hit mid Jan, you've settled back into more of a routine, you've packed some healthy salads to take to work (meal prep, check!) and getting to the gym a few extra times a week. All is well on the New Year, New You front -- yeah?

Weather you're nodding in agreement (and quietly happy with yourself), or feeling guilty and behind because you still need to "make plans for the year"; you're probably still very aware that any intentions you set need conscious effort to stay consistent.

What I want to share with you in this post is an important piece of the habit setting puzzle. In order to follow through with your big goals for the year, or even break habits it's important to know how habits work.

This infographic very simply illustrates the relationship between the way we think and behave.

Scroll through to quickly understand why we do the things we do, and how to turn the habits that keep us stuck where we are, into the stepping stones that support the bigger picture.

The aim of of game here is to actually do what you say you're going to do.

To carefully consider your actions step by step, because once you're flying, flowing and jumping you're able to focus on the stuff that actually matters -- like enjoying Friday afternoon wine and cheese with friends, without being stuck in your head, riddled with guilt and thinking "I definitely should have made gym class this morning."