What a fruit experiment taught me about changing habits

Lasting change rarely fails because you lack willpower. It fails because you rely on motivation instead of a practical system. Here is a simple, seven-step approach to changing everyday habits—tested on my own goal of eating more fruit. Let me guess: you have a habit you'd like to change. Maybe you want to exercise more, get to bed before midnight, or stop scrolling on your phone late at night. Congratulations—you are human. Changing your daily routine is hard. When you slip up, it's easy to beat yourself up, doubt your own ability, and give up before you even get going. During a course on how our minds and habits work, my assignment was to run a personal experiment on myself. Rather than relying on good intentions, I tested a practical framework from practising CBT on a simple everyday goal: eating more fruit. Here is how the seven steps work in real life. Stage 1: Get clear (before you start)1. Count your starting pointYou cannot improve what you don't track. Before you try to…