Using Passwords to Make Habits

Admittedly, this is not sewing related . . .

Say you are trying to work on an aspect of your dance like posture, expression, or attitude.  Say you need a way to practice this a lot, outside of the classroom.  One small but effective way you can practice this is to make a password based on the habit you want to cultivate and use it on an application / device that you access several times a day.

Need to keep your chest lifted?
Need to smile more?
Need to keep your shoulders back?
Need to remember that one #$%@!! combo that eludes you in a choreography?
Need to bead that pesky costume? (Ah, a sewing connection!)
Need to  . . . (you get the idea)

Try making a password that recalls that thing you are working on.  Construct it so that it complies with the  security standards of a good password (hard to guess, has special characters, capitalization, a number, etc.); but, so that it also helps to remind you to work on those small but significant changes that will make your dance better.  By the time you are forced to change your password, you will be ready to take on a new habit to cultivate.

I personally have a life that requires that I log in many, many times a day.  And, I have found that this one little technique helps turn a desire into a reinforced habit.

Now, of course, never SHARE the habit you are working on, until you have moved on to the next one, which will be your little secret.