![]() I set it all up and the daily Dance Party! was born. In Apple Music, I already had a Dance playlist that I hadn’t really touched in years from way back in the early iTunes days. And I could set up an Automation to play that Scene every day at a particular time. This led me to the Home app where I found out I could set up a Scene to play a particular playlist on my HomePod. If sometime during the day loud dance music suddenly started playing in my house, it would be difficult for me to not get up and dance. One key principle in establishing a habit is the need for a cue to trigger the behavior. The three books we have focused on are The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg Atomic Habits by James Clear and Good Habits, Bad Habits by Wendy Wood. ![]() Second, on our personal productivity podcast The Weekly Review, Jean MacDonald and I have talked about forming habits on a number of episodes. Maybe even more important for me is that dance workouts can now be measured and tracked in the Apple fitness ecosystem. Over the summer a few things came together to spark an idea that seemed promising:įirst, the addition of the dance workout in watchOS 7 validated that yes, dancing is an exercise. So, how to put that realization to some practical use?Īfter all, I’ve enjoyed dancing for as long as I can remember, but it has never become a habit, and I hadn’t really thought about it as exercise. When a song starts playing, it is difficult for me not to move to the music in some way. This is not to say I am graceful, talented, or skilled at dancing. A New HopeĪfter some reflection I realized that there is a form of exercise that I enjoy. Those conditions are not favorable to forming a lifelong habit. They always required a significant amount of willpower and I never really found much enjoyment in them. ![]() Some of these attempts at establishing a lasting habit managed to last weeks, some months, one stretch went over a year.īut, in the end, none of these workout routines ever felt like a natural part of me. Over the course of my adult life, I have hired personal trainers, purchased home fitness equipment, joined various gyms. For years, I have tried without success to establish a habit of consistent exercise.
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