A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time. -Mark Twain Why I Define Habits, Not Goals As a lifelong daydreamer, I've always devised lofty aspirations for myself in my head. Whether it was grand career goals, athletic ambitions, or even learning a silly little skill like juggling, there was always a desire to do more and more. Of course, we all have 24 hours in a day - and far fewer than that if you count the task lists that seem to get longer with each passing year - so following all of the desire paths in my head was never going to be possible. I slowly entered the Real World and saw how much of my time and energy was sucked up doing menial tasks like scrubbing the bathtub or listening to crackling hold music, I realized that I would never be able to do all the things that my shiny young counterpart saw in her future. However, giving up on all of my many, many dreams seemed too disappointing to bear. Spiraling into a quarter-life