(I’m took a break from adding to my herbal collection in June since I’d prefer moving as few little glass bottles as possible! I plan to be back with my monthly herbal additions next month.)
June was busy. July will probably be even busier. I struggled to work on my reading habit last month so plan to keep on working on it this month.
Rather than adding another habit that will require a time committment, this month’s habit won’t take even a second of time: work on good posture.
Good posture is something I’ve always struggled with. I’ve made excuses like, “I’m really tall” or “I’ve been pregnant/nursing most of the last six years.” If you try hard enough, you can make an excuse for anything!
Such lovely, rolled back shoulders!
Honestly, I hadn’t even realized how bad my problem was until my brother took some candid video while the munchkins and I were up in Missouri. I’ve been working on sitting and standing up straight ever since watching it.
However, since I still have to remind myself 35 times a day, it is a habit I want to focus on all month. Maybe, just maybe, when we move home I can utterly surprise and shock my dear mom by no longer needing her reminders!
Hopefully you don’t have a posture problem, but maybe there’s some other personal habit you want to conquer. I’d love to have you join me!
July came up on me so quickly that I haven’t really had a time to think about what I should work on this month. I think I’ll go with exercising once a day. Since it has been so hot outside I don’t get to get out and walk every day like I used to, so I need to do something.
I am just catching up on reading posts. How did your posture month go?
Oh dear! I really am behind. I’ll try to get that posted soon. It went pretty well, though poor posture is a bad habit I’ve struggled with for decades, so it’s pretty hard to break! Thanks for asking.
I just have to comment on this one, and as you can see I’m quite behind on reading your blog
Every single time I see a photo or video of myself, I feel embarrassed that my posture is that bad :O So I decided to do something about it, and after quite some time I feel it becomes easier for each day to stand up/sit straight
What really opened my eyes though was when I was with my little sister in London, for two weeks in February, at a Scoliosis Clinic where she worked out to get her back stronger/straighter. They told the patients that they could not change the bones in the body, but the goal was to help them, after four weeks of hard work out, unconsciously stand/sit with their back straight. I have thought very hard about it since, and every time I sit down, I remember to straighten my back and hold my head up high
Hi Rakul!
Thanks so much for sharing. I’m afraid since being sick/morning sick my posture have gotten really bad again. (I don’t know why, but slouching seems to help my stomach not hurt as bad!) Time to sit up straight again. 
It is amazing how hard it is at first but how much easier (and less conscious it becomes!)