Habits, oh those bad and nasty habits. Habits are acquired by past conditioning, various external influences, by observation, and by continuous practice. You develop many habits in the course of your life, Some are good and others are bad. You should keep your Good habits, but if you wants to improve your life the bad habits have to go. However, Getting rid of bad habits is hard, particularly if you suffer from an addiction. For that reason, you need to learn how you can break habits to better your life.
Making excuses: People go through life making excuses. Anytime an individual perceives something to be challenging, they will usually come up with lame excuses why they can not handle the challenge. “This is just the way I am.” This is a typical excuse, which we have all heard billions and billions of times. If you are out to improve your life however, you need to say, “This is something that prevents me from success and I have the power to change it”.
The first key to success is stop making excuses. Learn how to tell the truth to yourself. The truth is the only answer that leads you to improve your personal life. Once you learn to tell the truth, you will need to commit self to breaking your bad habits, and to learning new behaviors and create new habits.
You can commit by choosing a new habit. Today I plan to drink more water. Some of us have an aversion to water, yet water help us flush out toxins from our body and improve our health. Instead of disliking something that will save your life, start saying, today I will drink more water. Even if you start out drinking a glass or two for the first couple of days, you are making changes.
Today I am going to stop judging others and myself. This is a common mistake people make in the world. They spend time judging others and themselves. This gets them nowhere but in a world of chaos. You make your bed, you must learn to sleep in it, which is why you should change your ways. Who are we to judge? Judging only hurt you and other people. Stop this bad habit now. Instead, spend your time and energy to better yourself.
Do you think negative thoughts? “I can’t change this. My life is full of silliness, I can’t swing it anymore. Why me? Who put a tag on my head. Why people are always harassing me”. If you spend your life thinking negative thoughts and using negative connotations, start changing this bad habit today. For instance, say, I can change something and I am going to. Instead of saying life is full of silliness, accept it as being so, yet move ahead to make your life better. Why me is a common question, which no one knows why, yet we have to accept it, make better decisions and move ahead. If you feel harassed, ask yourself what you are doing that make you feel this way. Do you have friends or family members weighing you down? If so, remove them from your life and make new friends. No one in life is worth you suffering for, not even your children. You have the power to make changes, yet you do not have the power to change other people.
When you start to make changes to improve your life, start small. Instead of jumping the gun, take baby steps to success. Too many times people try to change overnight. This only leads to frustration. Breaking bad habits or usual patterns of thinking take times.
When you are working to better your life and break habits, make sure you seek support and feedback. You do not have to walk the road to success alone. Feedback is found at your library, the Internet, in self help books, and so on. You will find support along these channels as well. Ask someone you trust to support you and give you feedback when you feel the need for it.
