How Habit Stacking Helps Develop New Habits You Can Stick To

As we get older, creating new habits seems to become more difficult. They are especially hard to stick to when they involve any kind of physical exertion. On average, it takes up to 60 days to develop a new habit. You can actually learn to create new habits and stick to it using a technique called habit stacking. Habit stacking simply means stacking a new habit you want to develop onto another habit that you’re already doing. An example would be placing a glass of water right beside your toothbrush if you want to develop the habit of drinking water first thing when you get up. You’re stacking it on the habit of brushing your teeth because it’s right there, and so every day when you brush your teeth, you’re going to see it there and it triggers you to take that glass of water daily.