Habituated Actions and Consistency! 💜

All About Coffee 😊

You don’t have to even “think” about doing it every time, you just go ahead and do it - The Power of Consistency!

This Day, 31 Years Ago! #memoriesfromdiaries

12 July 1994

This evening, while sipping my habituated evening cup of steaming hot coffee, I was reminded of how I had this love for the cuppa become a deeply ingrained habit in my life this far!

Well, during my childhood days, I remember, everyone at home sincerely partaking of this coffee culture!

My grandmother who was a coffee aficionado herself, had this culture imparted into my mom, and by default, it became a part and parcel of our everyday life!

This early exposure and subsequent ‘normalization’ I guess, could have certainly had its way and sway in contributing to a lifelong preference for the lovely brew!

Even during my Higher Secondary School Days in MCC School, Harrington Road, Chetpet, every morning, after our routine jogging time, we were given the choice of having unlimited cups of tea and coffee.

I had always sided gently towards the table that hosted the Coffee Pot! 😊

Well, coming back, reminiscing on this particular day, I realise how some of these consistent habituated actions that formed part of our school life, help in conditioning and moulding our life for the better.

In fact, habituated actions, or habits, help develop a great sense of consistency, thereby providing a beautiful structure for our everyday life, reducing stress and freeing up space for prioritising the things that we need to do on a daily basis. It helps in endowing us with a strong, admirable personality in the process! 

A few examples of habituated actions would include –

Journalling, Walking, Creative Writing, Blogging, Vlogging, Painting, Practising a new skill, following creative hobbies, reading the daily newspaper, etc.

So happy to see a few of my vibrant students consistently striving to give their best through their habituated actions of blogging, vlogging, journalling, etc.

Well, as they say, when an action becomes a habit, we require less conscious effort to perform the task. Doing the action becomes as spontaneous as a fish taking to water. 

Simply put, you don’t have to even “think” about doing it every time, you just go ahead and do it!

So proud of you all, dear students. Keep up the spirit.

I am reminded of this lovely line from Tagore –

“Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection”

from his poem “Where the Mind is Without Fear”.

The line signifies the need for continuous, dedicated effort in all aspects of life to achieve progress, excellence and in the process an admirable personality as well! 

Some of the habituated actions of my HSC Days on this particular day, are here circled in red –