My Struggle with Establishing New Habits

It is almost december! I will have to slow down my work on elegantwoman.org this month to focus on family. It is one of the busiest time of the year. It has been happening since mid November already. There are many weddings, new babies arriving, friends who are back in town...

But today an thought crossed my mind as I get more reflective towards the year end, and I thought I would like to share it with you.

Elegance is a habit. Everything that we do, say, wear ... the way we move, speak and write is a result of our habits.

To learn a good habit is hard. It takes time and patience.

To undo a bad habit and relearn a good habit is harder!

But that is simply the process of refinement.

Contrary to what some of you may think, I have not arrived. I am not YET the woman I want to be.

Here are some habits I would like to have:

• a more elegant way of writing
• saying more with less words
• a better walk
• a greater frequency of exercise

just to name a few. :)

This is not to say that I'm unhappy with other things that I've done. I've already celebrated the undoing and establishing of good habits.

"We first make our habits, and

then our habits make us."

- John Dryden

What are some new habits you want to have?