Natalie Houston talks about strength through habits.

Quotes

Habits save us tremendous time and energy, but they can also lead us to doing a lot of things mindlessly.
—Natalie Houston

Sometimes we have goals or intentions that are outdated, they’re from who we used to be.
—Natalie Houston

Habits often work really well when they’re connected to each other.
—Natalie Houston

If you successfully create one habit, it’ll be easier to create others.
—Natalie Houston

All of us have habits that we’re less than happy with and they’re there because they’re meeting some need.
—Natalie Houston

Resources

TIHE episode 34: Practical Productivity in Academia (Natalie Houston)

Natalie’s Blog: re:focus now

Natalie’s articles at the Chronicle of Higher Education

Book: The Power of Habit* by Charles Duhigg

Three Steps to Creating a New Habit

1. Identify why you want to create a new habit
2. Get very clear and specific about how you’re going to measure that behavior
3. Track your behavior

Recommendations

Bonni recommends:

• Lee Skallerup Bessette’s Bad Female Academic posts

Natalie recommends:

• Music Service: Focus at Will