How long does it take to change a habit? It varies, but one paper suggests it takes an average of 66 days. We ask writers to change one thing in their lives within that timeframe … and tell us if it works.
Becoming a calmer parent has long been at the top of my list of life goals – but then so has becoming physically stronger, and I’ve never lifted a dumbbell.
I have two small children, one is five and the other 18 months. One is demanding physically and the other emotionally. Mornings often start about 5.30am, the increasing volume of the cry of “mummmmmmy” marking the starting gun for the daily race to get out of the house fully clothed and at least partially fed. At times it seems almost too easy but on other days every step towards our front door is met by a roadblock and I get increasingly frustrated until I break and shout, rushing the little people out the door and arriving at work flustered.
