One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) by Gabriel García Márquez – The masterpiece of this Nobel literature laureate.In Evil Hour (1962) by Gabriel García Márquez – Someone in the village keeps leaving pamphlets all over town exposing the locals’ shameful secrets.Big Mama’s Funeral (1962) by Gabriel García Márquez – A collection of short stories.No One Writes to the Colonel (1961) by Gabriel García Márquez – A colonel spends his life waiting for a pension that never comes.Leaf Storm (1955) by Gabriel García Márquez – A colonel does what is right, even though it will incur the wrath of the town.Macbeth (1611) by William Shakespeare – A story about ambition, greed, and betrayal.In fact, I started a “ be well-read project”. That’s when I started setting aside one-hour-a-day to read quality fiction, every day. I never really picked up the habit again, until about four months ago. However, once I got into law school I lost the habit of reading for pleasure (I had more than enough reading to do for school). When I was growing up, and all through college, I read voraciously. I lift weights at the gym for about 50 minutes, three days a week.Īs a result of creating the habit of weight lifting I’ve lost weight, and I look-and feel-more fit and toned.I run outside three days a week, for roughly an hour each time.Since mid-April, I’ve been doing the following: However, after reading about the myriad of benefits of weight lifting, I decided to reduce the amount of cardio that I was doing and start hitting the gym three days a week. Although I’ve been exercising on a regular basis for years-I’m an avid runner-, weight lifting was not part of my exercise regime. Once I’m done with my morning routine I shower, brush my hair, and get dressed, and I’m ready to go out the door.Ģ. I follow a ten minute routine which is very similar to Yoga – it’s called the Five Tibetan Rights.As soon as I wake up I give thanks for the day that’s about to begin.My morning routine consists of the following: By creating the habit of following a morning routine I’ve been starting my days off right. The ten habits that I have to thank for helping me to move up a notch–or two–on the ladder of life in the past nine months are the following:ġ. That is, I’m now better than I was when the clock struck twelve on December 31 st, 2014. I honestly believe that adopting these habits has made me a stronger, happier, and better person. In the first nine months–or 2/3– of 2015, I’ve created 10 new habits. At the beginning of 2015 I asked myself what habits I wanted to create this year.
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