How To Overcome Bad Habits Before It Takes Control On You?
Human beings fail to control themselves on crucial points in their life and starts acquiring bad habits thinking that I am in control for now and I’ll not let this bad habit take control on me. But with time their maturity takes a big U-turn and they tend to completely lose themselves to the bad habit making their very initial thought fail miserably. These bad habits can be anything that affects your life whether they are addictions, overspending, anger, overeating, disrespecting others, etc. Below mentioned 6 points will definitely help you to overcome your bad habits and in fact train you in a way that you’ll not get trapped in any new bad habits as well
1. Address the Problem First
Firstly it is very important for a person to actually identify and accept the fact that they are being trapped by a certain bad habit. Staying in false denial and thinking that I am always in control and this is not a bad habit to me is the first sign that you are actually about to or have already surrendered in front of your bad habit. So always and always accept that you are actually facing a real problem and you should do something about solving it before you actually start losing yourself in the process. So yes firstly accept that there is an issue so that further steps become very easy for you or someone who wants to help you.
2. Discuss with a Reliable person
Very mindfully and responsibly select a matured person on whom you can rely to discuss your bad habit issue and seek help and solutions from them to overcome the same. This person can also be a professional if you don’t find someone reliable around you within your family or friends. However, you can actually consider discussing your issue with your parents, though they may at first scold you a bit or get upset with you but eventually they will give you the best advice and in fact try their best to make sure that you don’t get trapped in your bad habit from that day onwards. They will pull you out of it skillfully as they have seen you grow in front of them and actually are aware about your strengths and weaknesses so they will help you keeping that in mind as well
3. Find a Positive Substitute
Whenever you start feeling trapped by your bad habit or addiction always remember that it is your ultimate test to tackle it and I would actually recommend that you should start some likeable activity/good habit activity of yours, towards which you can move during this tough time. This can be anything like playing a sport everyday like cricket, football, volleyball, or indoors like chess, table tennis, etc. You can even consider artistic ways like drawing, painting, learning a new skill, etc. These activity which you choose with your heart will surely push the % value of the bad habit down and start increasing its own control on your mind making you feel better, empowered and eventually more strong in overcoming your bad habit.
4. Try and Get Detached To The Source
Based on what is your bad habit, try and cut the actual source of it. What I actually mean here is if for example overspending on shopping is your bad habit then actually stop doing things like randomly checking out shopping offers, stop staying in touch with each and every new design clothing of your favourite brand that comes up, stop considering shopping as a medium to do time pass in your free time instead replace it with the positive substitute (discussed above) that you have decided for yourself. Evaluate you previous shopping and you will figure out that you have not actually used more than half of your products previously shopped. Your shopping and its actual usage have a big gap and should not widen more. On the other side, if you have developed a wrong friend circle or are in some wrong company around you because of which you are into a certain bad habit then these friends are the source that you need to cut connections with immediately without an inch of hesitation. Because majority of these friends around whom you start a bad habit eventually fade away anyways and you remain with that baggage of the bad habit and its struggles that you manage alone. So be smart and get detached to the source with confidence.
5. Remember the Good Old Days
Just close your eyes, move back in time and try to remember the day prior to the one when you actually got introduced to the bad habit in your life. Just remember, how controlled, confident and happy you were in those days. Specifically in case of overcoming addictions, this will surely help you and no day is too late to do a good work so eventually remember those good old days and for the sake and respect of that person in you, be a brave heart and give up on your bad habit as bad habits of addiction are a total loss for your own health, your family members, your finances, your mental health, your sharpness, etc. You will gain nothing out of it and you will be left with only and only regrets and emptiness in your heart and soul.
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6. Be Responsible and Pass on The Message
Once you follow all the above mentioned steps by Wiser Word and successfully come out of your bad phase, do consider to help others as well by becoming the reliable person in their life for discussion. Doesn’t matter whether they approach you or you kind of identify them, very secretly, one on one do try and tell them that how your life completely changed after quitting your bad habit and they will feel the same if they start taking some efforts.
So yes put the load of your bad habits completely off you and once again start loving the actual person that you were before you decided bad influence to allow take complete control on you. So yes, no matter how difficult the initial days are, follow the above mentioned steps and you will surely come out of your bad habits trap stronger and happier.
Congratulations on Your New Happy Life 🙂
