IDK who needs to hear this but if there's something in your life that makes you feel better, but you never stick to it,
it's still actually perfectly fine to do it
and you shouldn't stop yourself from starting just because it won't be a permanent change.
Like if starting a new daily planner gives you an amazing afternoon of planning and four days where you feel in charge of your life,
why not do it?
It doesn't matter that it won't be a permanent change - 4 good days is still worth it.
If you ever catch yourself thinking, "I wish I could pray/stretch/prep/plan/do the thing, but I always get started on that and it never lasts more than a couple of days,"
what this really means is, "hey, I can feel better for a couple of days."
if this post is making you think of things in your own life that you wish you could stick to because of how good they make you feel,
just be aware:
you're not thinking of a list of ways you've failed to commit
you're thinking of a list of things that make you happy, and you should give yourself permission to start doing them as often as you want to
Flossing is a great example of this. I simply can Not get into the habit of flossing Every Day Forever, but I *can* floss every day for a week, and then forget to floss for a while, and recently I’ve been able to floss like at least once or twice a week on most weeks. I’m sure I’ll fall out of the habit again in a little while and it’ll be a few months before I get back into doing any flossing. But I’m doing some, sometimes.
Does this mean my teeth and gums are pristine? No. But they’re definitely cleaner and healthier than if I just threw up my arms and went “I can’t maintain the habit so I’ll give up”. I’ll get to keep my teeth longer when I’m old than if I threw in the towel. I’ll get to tell the dentist that I floss sometimes instead of getting a bad grade in dentist by saying I floss never.
