There are many ways to improve yourself. Here are some tips to get rid of a bad habit. Habits are, as we all know, a kind of automatic behaviors and most of us employ habits that are far from good, so we want to change them. There are many examples; smoking habits, the habit of overeating, the habit of forgetting certain things like umbrellas and gloves, the habit of interrupting other people when they speak, etc.
Although there are many different bad habits, breaking a habit has certain things in common, be it the habit of smoking, the habit of overeating, or whatever. The following tips cover how to get rid of a habit in general, and you can do it with any habit you want to break.
The first question to ask yourself when planning to break a habit is how serious are you about breaking it? If you are truly committed to getting rid of it, your chances of success are much greater than if you don’t have this commitment. Keep in mind that breaking habits requires focused energy and you need to focus on observing their behavior over a period of time.
In what situations are you doing the habit you want to get rid of? How often does he do it and are there special things in his environment that trigger his behavior? You should set aside a period of time just to observe yourself and your behavior. Write down and keep a log of when you commit the unwanted behavior. It is also important that you find out exactly what your thoughts and feelings are every time you perform your unwanted behavior. When you write this, you will be much more aware of when and why you are doing this habit.
Now, take your notebook, read what you have written and ask yourself: “What function does this habit have for me? What does it really do for me? What pleasure does this habit give me? What pain do I avoid with this behavior? feel more secure?
Think about this and write down some alternative behaviors to the habit you want to get rid of that would be a better and more positive way to handle the feelings or situation associated with it. How can this new behavior or habit make you feel pleasure or prevent you from feeling pain as well as the old one? Select one or more alternative behaviors or habits and start practicing them.
Take care to observe your behavior and as soon as you notice that you are practicing your old habit, stop and start the new alternative behavior that you chose earlier. Work with this every day at first once or twice a day, increasing as time goes on. Breaking an old habit and replacing it with a new one doesn’t happen overnight, but the more you practice your new behavior, the more it is fixed and the more the old one is erased.
Tell your family and friends that you are working on yourself to get rid of a habit you don’t like, and they will probably help and support you in your effort to get rid of your unpleasant habits.
