Just like with what you consume on a regular basis. You also should never underestimate your bad habits either.
Things Don't happen Overnight
Sure, You may get that occasional bad news. Or whatever. But for the most part, The place you end up in, Is a product of all your choices, Good or bad. Little things add up. Like that "harmless" 1 hour of TV, you watch each day after a hard day of work.
Do you realize that 7 hours a week? Almost a whole shift of work for most people.
52 Weeks In A Year * 7 Hours of TV Per week = 364 Hours of TV watched in a year.
364/40 = 9.1 Work weeks "wasted" on Tv. That's like spending a whole 8-hour shift every day for two months straight watching TV.
And most people watch 3-4 hours a day. Not just 1.
We can choose whether to start building good habits, Or bad habits. Each day we make tiny decisions that add up to something much larger.
We can choose to do whats easy, Like TV or whats more difficult.
We overlook what things will have long-term effects. We don't realize that everything we do each day, Will have some long term effect. Rather it's a missed opportunity, Or the habit its self-has it's own damaging effects. (Such as smoking.)
Regret
Haven't you noticed when someone is regretting what they've done with their life, They often can't pinpoint a single moment when things went downhill?
When I regained a bunch of weight that I worked so hard to lose. It's not like I could pinpoint that "one day" that I ended up eating too many ice cream sandwiches. That caused my weight to go up overnight.
Nope... It was a combination of me gradually dropping the positive habits that I incorporated into my life, That slowly made the difference. Before I knew it, I was overweight again.
Regret is one of the worst feelings in the world. But luckily when we feel regret sometimes it's not too late to "fix" it.
Sometimes though, Bigger opportunities are somewhat lost forever. Such as those of us who considered investing in Bitcoin when it was much lower in price. We missed that perfect opportunity, But we can still invest in it now, Or find a cheaper alt coin that may go up in value later.
That's a big reason I'm holding lots of Steem.
Regret can sometimes come from a bad decision. But a lot of it is our bad daily habits that aren't getting us anywhere.
Small Stuff Adds Up!
I can't emphasize it enough. That's how I was able to become free from my job originally. Just little habits I had after work. Even though I was tired and wanted to just lay around and eat pizza (I still sometimes did that). I would force myself to crank out a few extra hours of work. And it added up.
Small things can have an impact. If you run 1 mile a day, that's 365 miles a year. And it's GOING to make a bigger difference on your body. Consistency is powerful, Consistency is important. And it can change your life.
Don't listen to those naysayers saying that it's just "1 Hour".
It's so much more than that.