Good habits are hard to achieve while bad habits are hard to get rid of. What if bad habits were hard to achieve and good habits were hard to get rid of? Different ways of thinking are the key to success in changing your habits.
A habit can be good or bad; it depends on how you perceive it. One might think that drinking and partying is a bad habit whereas another might perceive it as having fun, which is a good habit.
“How do we get rid of a bad habit and introduce a good one?” a gentleman asked me. It is just the same as my theory on food. Feeling yucky from fatty or sugary food over the holidays? Do not take away anything, but instead introduce a healthy food item every week. The bad habit will slowly dissipate without you even noticing it.
“How is the thought of not wanting to achieve any habits quite challenging?” another lady asked me. Well, we all have habits. For instance, you sit at the same place every Monday at your lunch meeting, you wake up and go through the same routine every morning: coffee, breakfast & shower.
How about mixing your habits around? Next time, sit somewhere else. I have done this in the past. It is a great sensation and it is quite funny see people’s reaction. Wake up and sing a song, drink water, have a shower the night before. Therefore, the habitual habit will no longer be a habit.
Three key elements to change your habits
1. Think differently; perception is key to how you feel about the habit
2. Introduce a good habit without taking away a bad habit
3. Mix it up. Change your daily habitual tasks
Habit habit habit,
How can I get rid of you?
How can I embrace you?
How can I change you?
Habit, can you see me?
Come along my habit,
You are near me, habit,
Love my bad habit,
Rest on my shoulder, dear habit,
Habitual habit make me laugh.
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