Break bad habits: 5 simple steps to change a habit

“Good habits are hard to develop but easy to live” and “Bad habits are easy to develop but hard to live,” according to Brian Tracey, a well-known motivational teacher. He may recognize that to successfully manage habit changes, it may be necessary to break bad habits in order to develop new ones.

rip bad clothes it takes at least 21 days. Of course, in difficult cases, it can take up to a year. Here is an example of the process of how to change an unhealthy habit to a healthy habit. Suppose you have decided that coffee is not good for you and right now you drink coffee with sugar every day. The new habit you would like to institute is drinking herbal tea without sugar.

At first, it can be difficult to break a bad habit of drinking coffee. You will have to use self-discipline for the first few weeks, but gradually it will get easier. Once you can change the old habit for a new, healthier one, it will serve you well. Habits are remarkable because they don’t require thinking. Just “do it” for years until you find yourself changing the habit again.

Here are 5 easy steps to change your clothes:

one. Awareness: You must be aware of your habits. What exactly is this habit? How is this bad habit or group of bad habits affecting you? How is this habit affecting others? For example, smoking often has negative effects on both you and others.

two. Want to change: As someone with a health problem, you must decide that breaking bad habits through conscious effort is a worthwhile goal. You must convince yourself that the change in habit is worth the effort involved.

3. Commitment: You must be determined to do whatever it takes to break bad habits so that you can better control your life. You make the decision that “no matter what happens” you will change the habit. You do the work required to stop. Here are some examples of habits you might want to change: Smoking, eating too much, eating processed foods, not exercising, drinking coffee or other caffeinated beverages, eating too much sugar or fat, drinking alcohol, procrastinating, etc.

Four. Consist Action: It’s important to focus on changing just one habit at a time. Then, take consistent daily action to break the bad habit that’s been causing problems, and take the necessary steps to develop a new one. We suggest doing this process step by step rather than trying to do it all at once. Sometimes changing a habit can be done all at once, like smoking, and other times a gradual change works better.

Be sure to give yourself positive rewards often for taking small steps to change a bad habit. The continuous day-to-day actions are the critics. This is NOT an occasional action or step. It’s about being consistent every day.

5. Perseverance: There will be times when you wonder if it’s all worth it. You will tell yourself that breaking these bad habits is too difficult; that you are too “weak” to change. Your old self, often so comfortable living with bad habits, is trying to hang on. Breaking your old patterns may require meditation and prayer.

Regularly visualize the rewards for complying and the costs of not complying with bad habits, and especially the value to your future of developing new and better habits.

Get the support of others, especially other people who want to make changes in their lives, and read about people who have been successful in breaking bad habits. Affirm that no matter what happens, you will not fall back into your old patterns of bad habits.

Now, you’re armed with a 5-step process to break any bad habits or other conditions that require change. If you have an addiction to something like alcohol, these steps alone may not be enough. You may need additional professional help or a support group, but in most cases, this 5-step process will do the trick!