Why Habits Are Like Rabbits

If you ask me, habits are like rabbits.

Nearly all of my habits are like rabbits. If I can even call them habits. Rather, attempts at creating habits. My most successful one is probably that of brushing my teeth. (Though sometimes, when I’m like reaaaaally exhausted and sleepy, I forget at night woopps pls don’t tell my dentist k thnx bai.)

What do I mean by rabbits? Did I only pick rabbits because the word looks and sounds similar to habits? Maybe.

What I mean by that is that I am franticly jumping across different points, sometimes even without a clear aim in sight at the end of my habit tunnel. Yeah, I know, we have heard slash read it in countless self-help or productivity books. “It TaKes 21 dAyS t0 fOrm a hAbIT.” Tell that to my mind which is all over the place, hobbling from one thing to the next. Almost like… a rabbit?! 😏

The toughest part about creating a habit is always the start, obviously. Then, once I start, I do great for like, a week, 1 1/2 weeks, 2 weeks..? Almost three weeks? If my memory serves me right, I can’t ever get beyond the 3 weeks mark.

Why? Because I lose focus. I lose the big picture. All I do is jump around like a rabbit. Unfortunately not with carrots, but unhealthy snacks in my paws hands. Think more of like, Ben and Jerry’s Peanut Butter Cup or pizza with lots of cheese. Mmmhh. 

Take this example: I have just started going to the gym again, with the attempt to do it regularly. For the 234th time. This year. (Finger crossed Covid won’t get in the way again and gyms won’t close again. Who knows.)

Don’t get me wrong. I am not complaining. I don’t mind being a rabbit. Far from it, actually.

After all, rabbits are soft, cute and hairy. They have cool whiskers. It’s like the type of whiskers any hipster mustache dude would dream of having, if they were a bunny, I mean. Don’t get me started on the ears. Also, a rabbit has the cutest nose. The kind of nose every woman would do plastic surgery for, I am sure. Ugh, so many positive traits. How can you not like rabbits? Look at them.

Nothing? Ok, what about this one?

Or maybe you need more of my top-notch writing to convince you. Look, a rabbit is a bunny. Bunny rhymes with honey. Honey is sweet. Ergo, rabbits are sweet, whether you agree or not. 

If there’s one thing I want you to take away from this article, it’s this: Don’t worry about not sticking with a habit for longer than 3 weeks. (If, by any chance, you do, wow good for you, you go human. But can I ask what you are doing reading my blog, then? This ain’t the place for put together, well accomplished people who have figured out their lives. This is a place where poor souls meet and find comfort in the fact that they are not alone with the misery that is the incompetency of their life.)

Again, I’m telling you, don’t worry about not sticking with certain habits. Don’t feel bad for being a rabbit, ever. Like I have said already. Rabbits are sweet, soft, cute and hairy. Among so many other cool things! Everyone just loves rabbits. I almost typed rabies ops. Nobody loves that.

I have realized that I have pointed out traits that are entirely based on looks. I apologize for that. I don’t want to sound so superficial. You do know it’s not just purely physical.

There is more to being a rabbit than its cute appearance.

Rabbits eat carrots, right? And aren’t those supposedly good for your eyesight? So if you are a rabbit you may have perfect vision, I think. Also. Did you know that rabbits have a bunch of remarkable personality traits? A quick google search revealed the following:

Only focus on the positive adjectives here, alright? Ignore the spending problem. And aw no, I didn’t read that last part. Apparently that’s about the Chinese zodiac sign? But those astrology peeps must still take their info from ACTUAL rabits, right? RIGHT? God I’m so confused. Are you still following me.

Anyway. In the end, it’s the effort that counts. I’d rather have 500 attempts at forming a habit than zero! NADA! All of that combined goes well beyond 21 days. So I guess one could say I do form habits, no? Never mind the ‘small breaks’ inbetween, right haha? No?

Be proud of yourself, even if all you are is a rabbit. After all, we can’t all be lions with chiseled abs. There have to be rabbits, too. So, if you are one like me, own it.