Two-thirds through February, the speaker reviews their 3-liter-per-day water goal and realizes they've already missed it three times. With only two misses left to hit 80% consistency, they plan to front-load water early in the day and nail the next week to lock in the month.
Here's a good example of how the mid-month habit check-in can make a big difference to where you end up at the end of the month with your habits. We're about two-thirds of the way through February, and as I look through all of my habits, one of the habits that jumped out was water. Now, my goal for water is to drink 3 liters of water per day, and I realized I'd already missed my goal 3 times, meaning I can only afford 2 more misses for the month, otherwise I'm going to fall below my line of 80% consistency. And as I reflected upon that, I realised there were two things I need to focus on. The first one is to drink as much water as I can as early on in the day as possible, because I know that when I do that, I'm much more likely to hit my goal. And the next one is that if I can make the next week a really big effort and get a clean record, I know I'll almost guarantee an 80% consistency for the month. So they're the two things that jumped out, and I know if I focus on those two things between now and the end of the month, I'm going to do great. That's a great example of how doing some reflection mid-month can really improve where you sit at the end of the month.
