Habit Forming

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Habits. We all have them whether we are cognizant of how many we have or not. Now, this is not about those habits, you know, the clothing worn by nuns, but about our daily customs or practices. We develop routines, which inevitably become habitual. Yet, you can develop a good and healthy habit that can turn into a healthy and safe lifestyle routine. So often, unhealthy habits can create a cataclysmic effect on your overall well-being. Is there is a habit that you changed or maybe trying to break that has affected you or is negatively affecting your lifestyle?

You can always plug in or substitute a positive and progressive routine that morphs into a habit of hope which wipes out debilitating or destructive habits. When I worked on the changes I felt I needed to make in areas that impeded the progress I tried to make, I knew if I didn’t make immediate and necessary changes, I would remain in the ‘same’ place, just at a different time.

I also noticed if I tried to overdo or speed up my changes for long-term routines, I would fail and regress to my old methods of operation. But with bite-size digestible tweaks that developed into progressive and monumental changes for the better, I am not stressed or anxious but instead moved into my new frame of a healthy mindset and physical development.

If we have to make adjustments to break bad and destructive habits, let’s tackle those adjustments consistently and watch our routine’s progression reach heights it never before has. Our habits didn’t happen overnight. We consistently practiced these habits because we wanted to, whether or not they were unhealthy. The good thing about any habit that wastes our time, abuses our time, or consumes our time uselessly is that we can and must make up our minds to shift our gears and throw out the routine trash that backs up our mental, emotional, or spiritual pipes.