We all have habits and some of these habits are bad
ones, kicking a bad habit and turning it into a more positive one is hard but
is well worth the effort if you put your mind to succeeding. Our habits can
determine our life to an extent and affect the way we feel and think, bad
habits affect our self-esteem and lead to negativity while good habits lead to
a feeling of achievement, accomplishment and positive thinking. So what is the
key to successfully breaking our bad habits and replacing them with ones that
are more positive? Listed below are some helpful techniques that you can put to
use to change your bad habits into more positive ones.
Make a list
Make a list of all the reasons why you want to stop
your habit, really give it some thought
and list as many reasons as possible for giving up. For example if smoking is
your habit and you wish to give up then you could put down things like its
costs me x amount of money every year, it makes my clothes, hair and breath smell,
it makes the whole house smell. By listing as many reasons as you can as to why
you want to give up it will allow you to see in black and white what it is that
you don’t like about your habit and why you should give it up.
Analyze yourself
Ask yourself what it
is that you are getting out of your habit, are you really getting what you want
from it? Do you really enjoy it? Or is the habit exactly that, just a habit
that you have done for so long that you would feel uncomfortable without doing
it?
List positive things you could swap your
habit for
Stop and think what
you could do to replace your habit that would be more positive, for example you
could take up a hobby, workout, read, go for a walk, do chores around the home
or take up an adult education class. All of these can help you to take your
mind off and break your habit.
Visualize
Visualize how you
would feel and the changes there would be if you broke your habit, for example
if you are a smoker and wish to quit then picture the differences it would make
if you did quit and replaced smoking with say working out. Picture yourself
being able to breathe easier, your taste buds improving, your clothes, hair and
home smelling fresher and cleaner and what you could buy from the money you
saved.
Take one day at a time
Always take one day
at a time when trying to break a habit, never look into the future and start to
think how will I cope in certain situations. Choose a day to give up your habit
and stick with it no matter what comes up, keeping a journal can also help you
to deal with kicking your habits and is helpful to get your thoughts and
feelings out at the most frustrating times.
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