How to acquire good habits?

Habit is an action that has emerged gradually, as a result of repetition, and now it is done alone. Habits can also be defined as patterns of behavior that have developed over time. The formation of a habit is called custom. The habits are very different: professional and domestic, social and individual, arise gradually or almost instantaneously.

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And most importantly: habits are useful and harmful.

The quite arbitrary individual habits are divided into useful and harmful (sometimes harmful).

In humans, sometimes there are many bad habits: smoking, throwing things around the house, eating watching television, postponing the case until later. At work, the habit of revenge, etc.

SourceUseful Habits: the habit of getting up early, being punctual, living with love, being courteous, respecting others and in themselves the first good characteristics.

SourceHuman habits are the most important characteristic of his personality. Habits are formed in character, and character determines destiny. Our habits are our friends and our enemies, so we must watch them closely. Unfortunately, bad habits stick to us: to get used to going to bed on time, you need time and effort, and to be able to watch television after midnight.

The habit is the result of a recurrence and is usually formed on day 21 (with a daily repetition). Will the habit become a feature of the character? - It will be converted when several circumstances are added: if a person understands the meaning, the need for this new habit; if a person's new actions fit well with their lifestyle and are supported by their environment; and, finally, if the visible positive results soon begin to emerge from the acquired habit. If you are attentive to your life, you will not allow bad habits to adhere to you. If you still believe in yourself, you will always value your previous good habits and get used to new useful habits.

How to start developing a new habit instead of an old and bad one? Can reeducation still be effective?

Rarely, but it can. When choosing a strategy, you must consider many things: it is a bad habit, an opportunity to appeal to the mind and will of a person, his ability to work on himself, even a person's age. As long as a bad habit is not fixed, it can (and even better) not pay attention, change oneself or another to other things, activities, hobbies.

SourceIf the bad habit is constant, it is useless to distract the person, decisive actions are already required. The most radical decision: physical interference in the life of a person, totally excluding the possibility of carrying out a way of life with bad habits. It is clear that this is an extreme case, and it is better not to mention it.

How to acquire good habits?

To develop a habit that is really necessary, respond in the most honest and detailed way to the most important question: why? Why do you need that habit, how will you live, when do you have this habit, what will change? If you have serious intentions regarding the habit you need, write down all of this.

The less part of the set, the easier it is to make and control the result. Destroy your new desired habit in the smallest possible parts and create for yourself a project of a complete and, if possible, specific description of the desired behavior. For example, to create the habit of getting up early and doing more things in the morning, it is necessary:

• Go to bed earlier than usual.
• Turn off the TV and computer before.
• Place the alarm clock away from the bed.
• Take a contrast shower.
• Breakfast, coffee, listening to audio lessons.
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Working on you will bring positive emotions, if you have the opportunity every day to achieve success: perform viable tasks. In the first week, successfully, the first component of the new habits and enjoy their own mental strength, which will be a good stimulus for the second week to add the second component, and so on, as long as the look back, He will do It He does not realize that he has a new habit.

The main thing is to remember that useful habits develop faster if you repeat the actions associated with them regularly. Carry out the intended objectives without excuses and exceptions: this is the key to forming a successful habit.

Additional tips

What is written with a ballpoint pen, can not be cut with an ax.
Any plan, as long as it exists only in your imagination, is only a dream. Write your plans and they will become a goal! Also take into account your successes and achievements, in any way is convenient and highlight the achievements made - it will be a good incentive and reward.

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Inform your relatives about your project: this will help you in case you want to give up everything and in case you want to know how far you have come.

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