Topic: How do you create good habits and break bad ones, what actually works? (Read 744 times)

It might sound stupid but replacing bad habit with other less bad habits works faster and slowly you can turn it into a good habit in a more consistent way than just outright trying to replace it with a good more healthy habit.

At least for me personally that works best, whenever I try to remove or replace a bad habit with a healthy one and go cold turkey it usually just doesn't last more than a day or two and I just end up back on the train of bad habits, not sure what is the habit that you are currently trying to remove/replace right now but for instance in junk foods case people could start eating less and less junk food and replacing some of them with healthy ones here and there and gradually work their way up to a fully or mostly healthy diet.

We all have different ways through which we can develop new good habits against troubling ones that we're dealing with. I will suggest you apply almost same strategy and discipline you used in improving on your diet against junks, all you've got to do is to be intentional about changing them and also bearing in mind the benefits that you stand to enjoy by keeping those good habits. Maybe that will help you achieve your goals faster.

Change your way of thinking is the key to appreciate the new habits.

Vitally, understanding your bad habits is the first step. & I don't even think this is exclusive to just habits. Patterns we have (whether it be job, relationships, etc): Understanding them on a deeper level permits us to understand when we are committing them.

Once you understand your habit, & why you need it (on a fundamentally deeper level), you can start to work around it.

Is a matter of choice to develop good habits or bad habits, if you  want to create good habits to break bad habits just make sure you start following good people that have good habits, and it will make people to begin to see the good habits in you and bad habits will gradually leaving you.

Op this question is difficult base on how one perceived it, any thing bad habit mostly once it's addicted can't easily be abandoned but need gradually process because it will appear as if you want to learn another new things from what you know already.

The major process of creating good to avoid bad habit involves, limiting oneself from certain situations that leads to that which is perceived as bad example if it's through a friend avoid regular meeting together, if it's food you try something else that is not harmful as the one condemned or if you take it twice daily, once a day can be tried until you begin to skip taking of it.

This continues even in spending if money beyond one expectations, one can create but for everything and once you have reached the budget everything should be suspended.

Creating good habits and breaking bad ones often involves a combination of strategies. Start by setting clear, achievable goals, and make small, consistent changes over time. Use positive reinforcement, such as rewarding yourself for progress, and hold yourself accountable by tracking your habits. Surround yourself with supportive environments and people who encourage your efforts. Additionally, understand your triggers for bad habits and develop strategies to avoid or replace them with healthier alternatives. Remember, patience and persistence are key; change takes time and effort, but with dedication, you can reshape your habits for the better.

Habit is a psychological issue and creating good one to abandoned existing one must start from the internal body system mostly the brain. Example person that is addicted to alcohol or womanizing etc must kill the emotional feeling first. Another thing is to retrieve what leads to such actions if it's friends related cut gathering gradually, if it's eadible things find out close substitute that is not harmful take it gradually to stop the effects until your free.

Most often, the bad habits amongst us are the most comfortable and enjoyable ones we exhibits so of definitely we can be mean to do away with those private ones we can hopefully do away with ones we feel it is bigger ones.

Sometimes ago I was influenced and mislead by friends that I can't have a better thinking about the future and can't resist to my Indulgence with them so I found a love whom I am flexible to be controlled, she asked me to do away with those of my friends but due to how hard to was for me since I still finds them around, she conditioned me to choose between she or my friends. It was hard for me but I was frozen by her passionate feelings towards me so I surrendered up to her and we both relocated to a different region where I had the opportunity to rethink and make better plans for myself including considering my future some better places.

We can only work on our habits in a way that a time comes when it is changed but the problem is we never work on our habits nor think ever about our habits, in the world we are living in now we only focus on our money that how we could earn money from which resources we can earn money. I'm not saying money is not important but we have a limit in everything simple the case with the habit we have to work on our habits till we succeed in getting good habits and changing the old ones.
We have to start with changing a small habit that we can easily change then go for unchangeable habits.

One of the hacks is to keep accountability partners who will help you stay on track. So you tell them what you want to achieve and allow them access to the reality of how much efforts you put into staying faithful to those goals you want to achieve. Also ensure you have milestones, what to achieve by what time, and celebrate those wins, stay away from whatever prompts you to get yourself involved in such that you wish to do without.  

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Changing a habit needs some time, we cannot say that we can change our habit very fast because it also takes time. As I can say a habit can be made because we have done the tasks several times again and again and thus we call it our habit. But first, we have done it many times. Now how could that habit change faster even if we didn't make it that fast?

As smoking was my bad habit. As I started to change myself in a way before I was smoking about 5 cigarettes per day. Then I started to make it less for about 3-4 then gradually after some days it came to 2. Spending the time with it I go for 1. Now I didn't some at all and had left the habit. The Slowly but surely habit can change it we have the will to change it.

bad habits are hard to control if you dont understand the habit or why its bad.
first thing is to learn about it. then you are more willing to avoid it.

many people that fail keep saying "oh this wont hurt me if i just have it now and again"

if you dont understand the problem you wont see it as a problem thus less willing to stop doing it

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lets take diet.
many people think dropping sugar and having sweetener is a beneficial change.. and on some level it is..
but..
removing all sugars and only going to sweetener actually removes a needed energy source.

many people dont realise that drinking 2 litres f fluid all day thats artificially sweetened is not good for you
your tastebuds sense the sweetness so your hormones send a signal to expect glucose(sugars) so you produce insulin. yet the fluid has no glucose. so your body then slowly learns to not produce insulin when tasting sweetness

the actual habit is not to stop having sugar. but instead have less.
dont drink 2 litres of sugar free flavoured drinks like diet pepsi which fools body into expecting glucose. and instead drink water.
but still have some amount of sugar. just the dietary amount. not excess

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but first it requires people learning what is a bad habit to even know what to do, to even understand the benefit. to even attempt to change and be willing to put the effort into doing the change. knowledge is power

Bad habits a really very hard to change or control but I think the best way to stop a person who has a bad habit is to always tell them at all times you find them doing it, tell them the dangers that a associated with such bad habits and the possible solution for them to be free from such habits.

The hardest thing I have ever done is to forgive myself.

It's challenging not to dwell on the past but don't bang yourself up on " I did XXYYZZ for XX years I'm so stupid".

Your good now in this moment, keep moving forward.

It's easy to say but harder to be done, I know.

What you consume or fill your mind/body with always, (whether things you see, hear, think, words, foods, drinks etc) and find acceptable, will form your behavior and move you to act or behave in certain way... Or rather, you are what you consume. The more you consume something you like the more control it has over you and your body would get used to it and want it always.
Find good things you enjoy or good things that make you happy and consume them always. Your body would crave the good things when you stop consuming them.


To break bad habit, stop consuming the bad (whether words, foods etc) that caused the bad habit and forget about them. Replace them with good alternatives you enjoy. Consume the good always and it will form your new habit/behavior.


You develop "self-control" when the good things you consume(while avoiding the bad) have made you strong enough to resist the bad when you come across it, in your mind, with your eye, ear, etc, ... it's basically the good things strengthening your body to become resistant to evil. That why it's important to consume the good always.

Hard work, dedication & a good mentality are three important traits to have if you want to succeed at anything in life. Try & build a certain level of self discipline, it’ll take you far in life.
If you have realistic goals then just do everything you can to achieve them. You can do anything you put your mind to if it’s realistic for you. Nothing good ever comes easily, work hard to realise your dreams.

Addicting to another habit can be a way to escape from your previous habits. This works for me may be you can give some try too.  

I may not be an expert but base on my experience on how to break bad habits.

1. Let someone control your Money - before you do/buy/eat something you need money. so if you are not the one controlling or handling your money it will be difficult for you to do/buy/eat etc etc this is baby step to break bad habit...
2. Look for a Travel buddy - Mountain Hiking for a week (no money included) just like for survival, a week will result for Life appreciation.
3. Time Management - Clean (House Chores), Drink lots of water just no coffee or Energy Drink so you can sleep better and be productive for a boring but safe life.

Action Plan:
1. What will I stop Doing?
2. What will I start Doing?
3. What will I continue Doing?


 Steps that changed me. (just my Experience.)

To create good habit is not hard as for me. Just to obey the instructions of nature, and once you didn't violate the rules of nature then you will definitely have good habit. Such have which I know a few. Sleep when you feel sleepy, always Clean your compound and inside the house always tidy them. Don't over feed yourself. Don't press your devices always. Have a leisure time with your family. Always eat fruits. Check your health every month end in the hospital. Take a work some morning and jog. Always ignore bad behaviours from others and do the right thing and walk away from them.