There was a season in my life when everything felt like an uphill battle. I wanted change, to feel healthier, clearer, more grounded. But I kept getting stuck in cycles of “all or nothing.” If I couldn’t overhaul my whole life in one sweep, I’d fall back into old patterns and end up frustrated with myself.

Then I read James Clear’s Atomic Habits. And slowly, it helped me rewrite my relationship with change. It showed me that transformation isn’t about grand leaps. It’s about the smallest shifts, repeated with consistency, until they compound into something undeniable.

This book became one of the cornerstones of how I began creating a life that finally started working for me.. and later, the way I built the foundations of Crysto.light.

1. Small Habits Create Big Change

Clear writes about the “compound effect” of habits, how tiny, almost invisible actions stack up over time. Just like compounding interest, a 1% shift every day becomes exponential growth.

Takeaway: Instead of asking, “How can I change everything right now?” ask, “What’s one small action I can repeat today?”

2. Identity Shapes Behavior

One of the most powerful shifts for me was this: habits aren’t about what you do, they’re about who you become. When I started seeing myself as “a person who takes care of my body,” showing up at the gym stopped being a punishment. When I saw myself as “a person who keeps promises to herself,” meditation became non-negotiable.

Takeaway: Real change happens when you shift your identity first. Every small action then reinforces that identity.

3. Systems Beat Motivation

Motivation comes and goes. But systems keep you on track. Clear talks about designing your environment so that good habits become obvious, easy, and natural.

For me, that looked like:

🍀Keeping my crystals and journal by my bedside so reflection naturally became part of my night routine.

🍀Creating a sacred space in my home where I could sit with tarot cards, meditate, or simply breathe.. turning spiritual practice into daily rhythm rather than an occasional escape.

🍀Setting up my workspace so building Crysto.light never felt overwhelming, but instead flowed one small task at a time.

Takeaway: You don’t rise to the level of your goals; you fall to the level of your systems.

4. Focus on Process, Not Outcome

I used to obsess over end goals, the weight I wanted to reach, the income I wanted to earn, the healing milestone I wanted to hit. But Atomic Habits taught me that outcomes are just a side effect of the process. If I fell in love with the process, the results would follow naturally.

Takeaway: Anchor yourself in the daily rhythm, not the distant finish line.

5. The Ripple Effect of Tiny Wins

Each small habit I stuck with gave me evidence that I could trust myself. Over time, that trust rebuilt my self-worth. I was no longer waiting for one “big breakthrough” to save me. I was building a rhythm of small wins, and they carried me forward.

Takeaway: Consistency is self-love in action. Every small win is proof that you are showing up for yourself.

Closing Reflections..

Atomic Habits changed my life because it took me out of survival mode and into creation. It gave me permission to start small, to be patient, and to celebrate the quiet evidence of progress.

This is how I’ve built the life I live today, not overnight, not through sudden miracles, but through small, faithful habits that stacked up until the pieces finally clicked into place.

If you’re in a season where life feels stuck, maybe you don’t need to overhaul everything. Maybe you just need to begin with one tiny habit, one act of love toward yourself, and let time do the rest. :)