what are your habits?!

“Your beliefs become your thoughts, 

Your thoughts become your words, 

Your words become your actions, 

Your actions become your habits, 

Your habits become your values, 

Your values become your destiny.” 

― Mahatma Gandhi

We all have routines in our lives. When you wake up, you go to the bathroom, wash your face, take a shower, get dress, have a breakfast then go to work. That's a routine. Something you do everyday. You are kinda aware of what you do, right?! How about other routine that you don't even realize?! For example, when you brush your teeth, do you start from the front? left? or right?! do you always start from the same place?! do you start from wherever you feel like? or you've never even thought about? Start paying attention to those little things?! 

My work is in between 8th avenue and 9th avenue. I could walk up from either side of the street and it doesn't really make that much of a difference. Then, I realized that unless I have something that I need on 9th ave, I usually take 8th avenue. It's more populated, more things to see, or it's the side I took the first time I started there. So, there are some elements to why I take 8th ave most of the time. But do I have to take it all the time? No. I have a choice. I can take either avenue, or if I want to, I can take some other route as well, if I have time of course. 

So, I watched this video on Ted Talk by Daniele Quercia. It gave me an opportunity to think about this. We often get caught up in the productivity or efficiency, but it doesn't always have to be about that. And there are many habits that we do without realizing. To know those habits are the first step. What is it that we do?! Not only in our behaviors, how about our thoughts?! Is there any thoughts that you repeat to yourself all the time? Like, "oh, I'm too old." "I'm not good enough." "It's never gonna happen". "It's just a waste of time".... As well as your behaviors, start paying attention to those thoughts. When you find something you don't like, just simply replace it something positive or something completely new. To know  yourself is the first step to a lot of things. It takes long time to deconstruct those old habits or thoughts. But you can change those if you want. Only if you want and if you take that action to do so. Life is the series of choices. Some are conscious, most are unconscious. As far as our ultimate destination goes, we all end up with death. That's the one thing everyone has in common. We all die at some point. So, why not explore? Stop turning off those auto pilot and start taking control of your life. Make a different choice sometimes. Enjoy your life. Make every seconds count. It's more fun that way. 

Love, Hope, Faith