Changing How We Are Programed To Act: Breaking Bad Habits

Changing how we are Programed to Act: Breaking Bad Habits

Everyone has habits, whether they are good or bad, they are either running or ruining lives. It is society’s nature to form habits, and it is impossible to stop these tendencies from occurring. A habit is defined as a settled tendency, especially one that is hard to give up. All people start the process of using habits at a very young age unconsciously. This process makes completing actions a lot easier and at the same time, helps minimize the brain power it takes to multitask. However, some habits are not beneficial, these tendencies can come at a price to the individual, additionally, the habits that are viewed as negative can be the most difficult to stop. Bad habits can form

The best way to execute this is by making the habit even more conscious by taking notes and logs on the habits being edouard and reading them aloud. Take notes for about a week or two, then act on whatever is written. Writing things such as what emotions are felt before, during, and after the habit has been carried out can be vital to finding kinks in the armor of bad habits. Notes such as ‘What are my surroundings, who is around me, what time is it?’ are good examples of things to write down because these produce more unique information and a diverse set of statistics to look at. These are only some of the notes one could be taking and eventually, after enough data has been compiled, the next step should be to sit down and analyze it in full. Take a good bit of time to find the patterns and consistencies throughout the data. Afterwards, think of ways on how to take measures to avoid the unwanted

Wolfe). This practice could potentially be applied to other aspects of live, such as controlling anger or coping with sadness or depression, and make it easier. Once identified, analyzed and ultimately studied to a good extent, one can start to go about uprooting and replacing the old and unwanted habits with an action more temporary and preferable. The main goal is to find one that hinders the old one from happening. the technique is unofficially known as ‘the bait and switch