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Step 1
Make a list of the bad habits that you have. List everything that you consider to be a bad habit. Do not limit yourself when you are writing this list. It is best to have all of your bad habits written on paper so that you may confront them. To change a bad habit, you need to know what the habit is.
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Step 2
Take one bad habit at a time and closely examine it. As you examine each bad habit, think about what event triggers you to do this bad habit. An example of a trigger of a bad habit is that you smoke whenever you go to a bar. Being at a bar is a trigger for the bad habit of smoking. There will be bad habits that will have more then one trigger. Overeating can have triggers for example: depression and boredom. Once you know what triggers you to do something it will be much easier to change a bad habit.
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Step 3
Choose another action to do when the trigger of bad habit comes up. In our previous example of smoking and being at a bar, there are many healthy actions that you can take to replace smoking. One action you can use to replace smoking would be to play pool. Every time you encounter the trigger of your bad habit do this new action. Make it your main focus for 30 days to do this to change a bad habit.
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Step 4
Focus on changing one bad habit during a 30 day period. It takes 30 days to change a bad habit. Once your body is used to the new action taking the place of the bad habit, you can move onto the next habit on your list.
Comments
Bfastattiffanys said
on 1/14/2009 Fantastic tips! What a great idea to make a list which would really make you have to face it. *****