200 Posts!

Published on by Kim

Wow! This is the 200th blog post. How did that happen?

Well, I can’t resist! It took one post at a time…

Seriously, though, I’d like to make this post a thank-you for all who have made 200 posts possible.

  • Thank you to the ones who encouraged the vision and supported sharing these principles with others to enrich lives.
  • Thank you to my husband for making the technology happen and troubleshooting bugs and hackers so many times for so many hours.
  • Thank you to the many friends who have shared tips and tricks and ideas in many conversations. We have so much available to us in community.
  • Thank you to the faithful reviewers who look over each post before it publishes. Those corrections and warnings and additions are invaluable.
  • Thank you to each member of this community. Your participation, from reading posts to commenting to personal feedback, is encouraging.
  • Thanks be to God for the gift of time to use, the many experiences that went into learning the principles we discuss, and the community that sustains the blog.

Habits Pay Off

Published on by Kim

“Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement.”
(James Clear, in Atomic Habits)

If you are trying to build your savings, compound interest is your friend.

If you are trying to reach a goal or simply grow in grace, habits are your friends.

When you think about eating an elephant one bite at a time, habits are a great illustration of “one bite” a day. If you do one thing every day (or every weekday), how much would be accomplished in a month? Or a year? It takes time to build those habits, but the investment pays off immensely in the future.

  • Reading the entire Bible is something many people do every year, but it is done a bit at a time with a reading plan.
  • Decluttering your home may seem overwhelming, but a drawer a week or a room a month makes it happen.

“You get what you repeat.”
(James Clear, in Atomic Habits)

If you want to do something more (like exercise or read), doing that thing 10 minutes a day will add up. After a few months, you will indeed have done something more.

  • Exercising often will increase your health.
  • Reading regularly will make you a reader.
  • A little bit of study every day will allow you to learn.
  • One meal with guests a month, or a quarter, will open up your home and make hospitality what you do.

With repeated small steps, a big change becomes possible.