Konrad K., a member of the group, brought up the theme “Habituation” this month. As part of the theme, we are each to choose one daily empowering habit in an area that we find ourselves getting stuck. By applying the habit for 21 days, ideally consecutive, over the course of a month the theory is that it will become part of our lives. We are to constantly checking in to see how each person is progressing over the course of the week.

My daily habit that I chose is to put fearful “first things first.” Many of us may have heard of the entire priority matrix to do your top “A” items early. I’ve taken this a step forward and I ask myself, “Which one of these To Do’s give me the most fear daily?” As I plan out my day, I turn on my fear-o-meter and make that dreadful choice. Then I email that action to my Peer Success Circles Accountability buddy.

What I’ve found so far is that there is a lot more momentum in my day. Once I conquer my fear, I can easily complete my next few actions. I also found that my day ends early. In the past i would schedule that Fearful Do later in the afternoon. I would then spend too much time over thinking and sometimes Vacuuming or snacking as a means to procrastinate.

As the legendery Improv teacher Del Close says, “Follow the Fear” and see where it TAKES YOU.