[quote_box_center]If you have realized that you are allowing a bad habit to rule your life, rest assured that there are ways to break a bad habit and free yourself. Be it gossiping or using too much time on Facebook. The first step to this healing is acknowledging that you are dealing with a bad habit. Then, open yourself up to powerful ways to break a bad habit.[/quote_box_center]
1 – Surround Yourself with People Who Live the Life You Want to Live
This is one of the most powerful ways to break a bad habit. Surround yourself with people who lift you up and encourage you to live the life you want to live. At the end of the day, you are who you hang out with.
2 – Create Barriers
If you make it difficult to give into your habit, you will feel less inclined to go do it. Turn to a friend or parent whom you trust and set a realistic and achievable way to begin creating barriers to your habit. If you want to stop biting your nails or eating sugar or spending too much time on Facebook, whatever it is, create a barrier that will make it difficult to turn to your habit.
3 – Focus on Breaking One Habit at a Time
Focus on breaking one bad habit at a time. Test yourself first: which bad habit is hurting you the most or getting in the way of school/family/friends? Start with that one. You will break any other bad habits in due time. If you can master one, the other habits will be easier to break.
4 – Congratulate Yourself when You Resist Temptation
We all love to get rewarded for a job well done. Feeling a sense of purpose and of accomplishment is an amazing feeling. So, make sure to congratulate yourself when you resist temptation to go get your nails done, to go buy a new pair of shoes or to go shopping.
5 – Team up with someone
You don’t have to go through this journey alone. How many of your friends are going through a similar problem? How many family members are dealing with the same bad habit? Team up with whoever it is that you are closest to and help each other overcome the bad habit
6 – Believe in Yourself
Believe that you are stronger than your bad habit, because you are. Believe that you are able to rid your life of all toxins, because you are. The more you compliment yourself and the more you boost your ego, and tell yourself that you are the master of your own life, the easier it will become to let go of your bad habit.
7 – Be Patient
You cannot lose 10 pounds after one day at the gym, right? Likewise, breaking a bad habit will not happen overnight. It means that in order to see the results, you must learn to be patient and dedicated to reaching your goal.
You ARE stronger than you think. You are amazing and you need to love yourself no matter what, with or without your bad habit. The choice is yours, though, whether or not you will follow through and actually do something about breaking your bad habit. What is a bad habit you’re trying to break?
