How I Built 6 Habits in 30 Days

You can too.

I successfully rewired my brain in 30 days by building 6 habits. I plan on doing this next month as well. Probably every month. Why wouldn’t I?

The ability to rewire your brain is an absolute superpower. It takes a task, skill, or behavior that used to be hard, and makes it effortless. Automatic.

Sounds too good to be true, right?

Let’s dive in. First of all, we need to clarify a few things.

What does it mean to rewire your brain?

Trust me, it sounds way cooler than it is. And no, you can’t press your thumb into the back of your neck for 5 seconds. Those thumbnails are clickbait. Sorry.

Your brain is kind of like a supercomputer. It runs an incredible amount of processes every second—more than you can imagine. In fact, the majority of your daily behavior is done automatically, without you even realizing it.

Wait, why don’t you notice? Because these are performed incognito. Under the radar. Stealth mode. Ok fine, the subconscious does them. But making your brain sound like a Navy Seal is much more accurate once you realize what it does.

These are like programs that come on, do their thing, and then fade away into the darkness until triggered again. They put you into autopilot mode, so you can focus on chewing your bubble gum while walking.

You guessed it, they are called habits.

But let’s be honest, most people hardly know what a habit actually does. Besides, “rewiring your brain” sounds way cooler and it’s basically what you are doing.

Also, I wasn’t joking when I said your brain runs most of your daily processes. Some estimate that habits control around 95% of your daily behavior. That’s a lot. That means anytime you aren’t specifically focusing on something, you’re running on autopilot. The program comes on, you keep functioning like normal and then it gets seamlessly passed off to the conscious mind. That’s how you can be driving, start pondering why you thought lions were inside traffic cones as a child, then return back to the present moment of driving, having no idea what your subconscious did to make that possible.

The purpose of habits

Your brain doesn’t do this for the awesomeness of it, it does it because it’s an energy hog. Sorry, there’s no other way to put it. It mostly cares about saving you energy, which is what these programs do.

Remember the first time you drove a car?

Hyperfocused.

Gripping the steering wheel with a death grip.

But a few months later? No problem. You’re driving, changing lanes, and eating a bowl of cereal all without skipping a beat.

What changed? Suddenly this thing that took enormous effort barely takes any. This is the power of habits. They take something that at first took loads of cognitive energy and reduce it to the minimum, all without you even trying. How cool is that? Your brain saved you about 70% of your mental energy by building you a habit.

What takes the most energy in your life right now?

Going to the gym?

Admitting you’re wrong?

Reading a book?

Imagine if you could program your brain to do that without even thinking. Just like driving. As easy as jumping into your car and going to Piggly Wiggly. Wouldn’t that be a superpower? To choose something at will and make it almost effortless to execute.

It takes around a month if you do it daily.

It’s worth it.

Here’s how.

How to rewire your brain (start to finish)

The first thing you do is make two lists.