One Spark Starts a Fire

I have decided to build a new habit of reading and broaden my horizons. Hence, I have gotten into a reading marathon with a friend of mine. 

If anyone of you wants to build this habit too can join in with me so that we can coordinate, read and grow together 🙂

So my first book is- Atomic Habits

The beginning of the book is heart-aching and maybe especially for me because I am going through something like this. 

On the final day of high school of the author, he was hit in the face with a baseball bat. His classmate had taken a full swing, the bat slipped out of his hands and came flying toward him before striking me directly between the eyes. The bat smashed into his face with such force that it crushed his
nose into a distorted U-shape. The collision sent the soft tissue of his brain slamming into the inside of his skull. Immediately, a wave of swelling surged throughout his head. In a fraction of a second, he had a broken nose, multiple skull fractures, and two shattered eye sockets.

I was trembling while reading this part as when I read a book, it’s like a movie rolling out in my head. 

The author shared his journey on how he recovered and taught a very important lesson- Small habits do wonders and help to build a better person out of you!

So as the author was not in that condition to fulfill his dream of getting into a baseball team, he focused on getting his life in order. While his peers stayed up late and played video games, He built good sleep habits and went to bed early each night. In the messy world of a college dorm, he made a point to keep his room neat and tidy. These improvements were minor, but they gave him a sense of control over his life. He started to feel confident
again. And this growing belief in himself rippled into the classroom as he improved my study habits and managed to earn straight A’s. 

A habit is a routine or behavior that is performed regularly—and, in many cases, automatically. As each semester passed, he accumulated small but consistent habits that ultimately led to results that were unimaginable previously. 

I learned that we all face challenges in life. This injury of my father is one of mine, and the book taught me a critical lesson: changes that seem small and unimportant at first will compound into remarkable results if you’re willing to stick with them for years. We all deal with setbacks but in the
long run, the quality of our lives often depends on the quality of our habits. With the same habits, you’ll end up with the same results. But
with better habits, anything is possible. Maybe there are people who can achieve incredible success overnight. I don’t know any of them, and I’m certainly not one of them. It is a gradual evolution, a long series of small wins and tiny breakthroughs.

The only way through which I can make progress—the only choice I have—is to start small.