How to give up bad habits

What is a habit? It’s an action that we do without thinking. It appears very simply: at first we make something consciously, controlling all our deeds, later it’s already easier for us to do it, and at last we don’t even notice as we do all these things. And this becomes our habit.

There are different habits. Some of them are very simple and don’t influence us. Nevertheless, there are habits that are ruining our health or pushing away people. We want to get rid of them, but it’s so difficult to do it! So difficult… but possible.

So what to do?

Determine why you do this
A habit it’s not only an automated action, first of all it’s the action that is caused by something in our subconsciousness. And before you try to give up your bad habit, you should determine the reason. For example, such a “popular” habit as biting nails is caused by stress.I’ll say it once more, if you try to give up a bad habit, first of all you should know the reason for it. When trying to get rid of some habits, you should learn to analyze yourself. It’s very important.

Find something that you like in your bad habit
All habits have a pleasant emotional background. Because, if you do something all the time then you like it. For example, smoking can give plenty of emotions, people usually start a conversation with the help of cigarette.

So, if you want to give up a habit, you must decide whether it is important to you. For example, if you have a habit that irritates other people and you don’t care what they say, then you don’t need to give up this habit, to “torment” yourself. And vice versa, if your habit doesn’t bring you anything except harm, you should immediately get rid of it.

Make a decision
A very important condition before trying to give up your habits is to make a decision. If you doubt it, you’ll never achieve a positive result.

Get a new habit
A very good and easy way to give up an old bad habit is to get a new one, less harmful.

Make good conditions
Make good conditions when trying to give up a habit. For example, if you’re trying to lose weight, avoid looking at tasty food, deserts etc.

Control yourself
Willpower is the most important factor for giving up a bad habit. When you can’t control yourself, you won’t be able to resist temptation, and you will fail to give up your habits.

Try a self-hypnosis
Try such things as:

- Motivation
- Relaxation
- Concentration
- Imagination
- Autosuggestion

Remember that our behavior is entirely composed of a variety of habits. Ability to manage them – is the most important skill that helps to control yourself, and thus to control your life.

And what do YOU do in order to give up bad habits?