Turning Resolutions Into Rituals Using The Philosophy of the 3C’s

Here’s how the 3 Cs can quietly work in the background for your skin and life:

Commitment is deciding to start, then building a simple, repeatable setup that makes follow through realistic over time. A new habit sticks best when your environment and schedule are set up to help you succeed, not when you’re relying on willpower alone.

If you’re intent on your commitment, you can’t be muscling through every day. Too many steps or decisions make it easy to postpone. Motivation is a spark that comes and goes, so the key is reducing friction. It makes the execution easier, especially on days you don’t feel like it.

In our home, Neda sets up her smoothie and chia drink the night before, with everything visible and within reach. When the effort is handled ahead of time, the next morning feels second nature. With her drinks ready to go, she can move straight into the rest of her morning rhythm, like warming bone broth for after her workout, getting in a walk, and prepping salad ingredients for the week so dinner is simple and stress-free later on. That's commitment in action.

Here are some of my healthy habits and favorite daily activities I stay committed to:

• Reading: This is something I do every night, but I avoid putting pressure on it. I commit to at least 10 minutes, since as little as 6 minutes of reading has been shown to reduce stress. From there, I read as long as I want without expectations.
• Movement: I brought my workouts home to make consistency easier. Some days it is something quick like calisthenics, other days I get outside and go rucking, which is easier on my body than running. When I have more time, I will join Neda for a class or play tennis.
• Meal prep: When healthy food is already prepared, staying committed becomes the default instead of another decision. We plan and prep meals for the week ahead, grocery shop on weekends, chop vegetables, pre-cook chicken, and keep grab and go options like protein cookies or fresh fruit ready for snacks.
• Sauna and cold plunge: The cold plunge and sauna have been incredible recovery tools for me, so I invested in an at home hot/cold therapy setup, removing any excuse to skip it. With my environment supporting the habit, I stay committed by getting out there and hopping in the cold plunge first thing in the morning, even when it's cold outside.

Pick a goal, a resolution, something direct and small – ask yourself what would make it feel effortless to return to and genuinely enjoyable to keep. Set it up so it’s easy on your busiest days, then commit to it for 90 days. It might change your life, or at the very least, your skin.

Consistency is what turns a good intention into something you actually do on a regular basis. It’s the deliberate, repetitive carry-through that beats an occasional big effort every time.

I always use skin as an example for the power of consistency because it’s so clear why it really matters.

• Barrier function strengthens with daily care, helping skin retain moisture, defend against environmental stressors, and age more slowly over time.
• Cellular turnover improves gradually, allowing damaged surface cells that create unwanted tone and texture to shed, revealing smoother, brighter skin beneath.
• Active ingredients work within deep layers of the skin, reactivating natural collagen production and supporting long-term structural integrity.
• Consistency compounds results, while stopping the routine halts these processes and forces you to start over.

I witnessed how consistency pays off after watching Neda’s 8-10 step skincare sequence, which she had been doing every day for pretty much as long as I’d known her. She was dedicated, and as a result, it was evident that she had driven significant change over the years. That’s when it clicked: I had never been able to consistently stick to a skincare routine because most approaches were too complicated. I saw it in my patients as well: I was personally prescribing complex regimens that were way too difficult for anyone to maintain. 

So I figured out how to make daily skincare easier. And now I do it consistently, every morning and every single night. 

Simplicity is the gatekeeper. If a goal feels like a large project, it probably won’t survive busy nights and tired mornings. Fewer steps and fewer choices make follow-through natural, and that’s what keeps the habit in place long enough for results to appear.

From there, the goal is to protect the plan so it can hold up against real life. Missing a day does not mean starting over. Progress matters more than perfection. Momentum is sustained by removing points of failure that interrupt consistency (like running out of products or not taking your routine on vacation). That's where continuity comes into play.

Continuity is what carries a your resolution, or new habit beyond the initial excitement of starting phase through to your goal, It is often the hardest part because it requires trusting the process even when you can't always see the results as quickly a you hope

Most people do not quit because they lose interest. They quit because results do not appear quickly enough. When effort is not immediately rewarded, motivation drops, and many people stop before the work has time to show itself. This loss of momentum often happens around day 19 of a typical habit-building window.

Consistent actions compound over time. While some benefits may appear early, meaningful and lasting changes require patience. Improvements in elasticity, tone, texture, pigmentation, and natural collagen production can take months, whih is why you need to give skincare time.

This is where most expectations break down, because goals do not operate on our timelines. Skin, in particular, responds to biology, not urgency.

To understand why we emphasize 90 days of continuous use, it helps to look at how skin actually functions and how habits form.

• A full skin cycle averages about 28 days. Once you commit to a routine, it takes roughly 21 days for the habit itself to feel familiar and for daily application to become more automatic. During this first month, your skin is beginning to respond, but changes are subtle and mostly happening beneath the surface.
• By age 50, that cell turnover cycle can slow to 40 or even 50 days. During this phase, you may notice fluctuation as old cells shed, new cells surface, and the skin adjusts. Fewer fine lines, texture shifts, and early clarity often occur during this window, along with the reactivation of dormant repair processes.
• True collagen remodeling takes about 3 to 6 months. This is when structural changes begin to stabilize. Skin becomes firmer, more resilient, and more even in tone and texture. These are not quick wins. They are cumulative biological responses to repeated, consistent care.
  

This is why continuity matters. It means honoring the skin’s timeline, not rushing the process. If you can move past the motivation dip around day 19, reach habit day 21, but actually a study was done that said, the mean habit acquisition times actually range between 59 and 66 days and upwards of 100 days. So if you can stay committed for 90 days, 3 months, that's it - give yourself 90 days, you'll see that routine become a natural part of your life rather than something you have to think about.

This is why we set-up KaramMD to work as a subscription. That way, your routine stays stocked, arrives right on time, your ritual stays simple, and continuity becomes something you can maintain effortlessly.

These 5 guidelines translate the three Cs into everyday actions you can stay with:

• Fewer steps mean fewer decisions, and fewer decisions mean less resistance when you are tired or busy. A simple routine removes the urge to renegotiate and makes follow through automatic.

• Pair your resolution with something that already happens daily and requires little effort, like brushing your teeth or showering. Familiar habits create reliable anchors, even on low energy days.

• Keep what you need visible, accessible, and ready to use. Plan ahead with grab-and-go snacks, meals, or workout bags. And, define your non negotiable minimum so the habit stays intact, even on difficult days.

• Use simple tools like a daily reminder or alarm, a habit tracker, or a shared commitment with a friend. Physical accountability help build momentum and reinforces the behavior while it is still forming.

• Document your journey with before and after photos. Daily changes are easy to miss, but scheduling check ins make progress visible and reinforce why staying consistent matters.
  
  

When I look at why so many resolutions fade, especially skincare regimens, it almost always comes back to the same issues: too many steps, too many decisions, too much effort is required on the days when life already feels full. That is exactly why I created KaramMD Trifecta.

Trifecta was designed around the 3Cs long before I ever named them.

Commitment: Trifecta simplifies the decision to start. Instead of building a routine piece by piece, ingredient by ingredient, wondering what you're missing or what should come first, the hard work has already been done. 3 steps. Everything your skin needs. Realistic and effective. Delivered to your door. Then, commitment becomes a confident choice rather than a mental negotiation.

Consistency: Because it takes less than 2 minutes, Trifecta fits perfectly into life. Morning and night. At home or traveling. Busy days, tired nights, and everything in between. Showing up daily becomes easy, which is imperative to achieving meaningful results. Consistency lives in simplicity.

Continuity: Skin responds to repetition and time. When your routine is streamlined and biologically aligned with how skin really works, continuity builds forward, cycle by cycle, month by month, and eventually results in a lasting, beautiful transformation in your skin – and confidence.

This is how resolutions turn into rituals.

Commitment begins the process.

Consistency sustains it through daily repetition.

Continuity allows biology and time to deliver results.

And when your practice supports all three Cs, resolutions no longer stall – they mature into steady rituals you can actually keep, and that’s what delivers long-term, noticeable change.