How to Break Bad Habits

By Haitham Al Fiqi

• There are hundreds of bad habits and hundreds of ways to break them. if you need help, there are books, support groups, and counselors to help you.
• Mostly you can take a common sense approach and get the job done.  
• If bragging is one of your bad habits, you could either be insecure or overly proud.
• It usually makes the other person feel bad, or they resent you. You can get a handle on this bad habit if you stop for a few seconds before you talk. Give yourself time to think about others and how this will sound to them.
• Think about whether you are telling it to them, or to yourself.   Another one of these bad habits is name dropping. Again, you may be insecure.
• Most people will not take it in a friendly way. Try to tell your same stories but without the names to stop yourself from doing this. You might say, "My friend Brad" instead of "my friend Brad Pitt," or something like that.  
• Cursing is one of those bad habits that can start at an early age. You may curse so much that you are unaware that you are doing it much of the time.
• The first thing to do is to pay attention. Whenever you say inappropriate words, put money in a jar. Even if it is your coffee money, put it in there.
• Also, you might want to think about anger management classes if your cursing is done in a hostile way.  
• If you have the bad habit of chewing with your mouth open, there may be a physical cause. It is disgusting at the dinner table and might make you look bad at a dinner meeting. Perhaps all you need is a nasal decongestant. Maybe if you can breathe through your nose, you will close your mouth.  
• You may be a whiner. This is one of those bad habits that annoy people from the time you are a child until you are old or until you quit it. It comes out in the sound of your voice and the expression on your face. However, it is rooted in a negative, doom and gloom attitude. Look on the positive side of things, and you will find yourself whining less.  
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• Language: English
• Publisher: BookRix
• Release date: Nov 11, 2023
• ISBN: 9783755460619

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How to Break Bad Habits

How to Break Bad Habits

Haitham Al Fiqi

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This eBook is a guide and serves as an initial guide. , it is advisable to additionally seek professional advice or to consult a doctor / psychologist.

This e-book is a guide and serves as a primer. Please also seek professional advice.

CONTENTS

CONTENTS

Avoiding Bad Habits

Bad Habits Can Be Expensive

Bad Habits in Relationships

Bad Habits in Sports

Bad Habits in the Workplace

Bad Habits Related to Health

Bad Study Habits

Dangerous Bad Habits

Emotional Bad Habits

Financial Bad Habits

How Good Habits Can Turn into Bad Habits

How to Break Bad Habits

Illegal Bad Habits

Inconsiderate Bad Habits

Irritating Bad Habits

Kids and Bad Habits

Medical Treatments for Bad Habits

Picking Up Bad Habits from Others

Research about Bad Habits

Self Help Books About Bad Habits

Social Bad Habits

Support Groups for People with Bad Habits

The Astrology of Bad Habits

When Are Bad Habits Helpful?

Avoiding Bad Habits

Would it not be nice if you could avoid bad habits instead of having to quit them after starting? No one will avoid all bad habits. There are just too many to stay away from them all. Yet, you can reduce the number of bad habits you have to conquer.

There are certain bad habits that you can avoid altogether. Your body has no need for nicotine or tar from cigarettes. So, if you do not take that first cigarette, you will never have to face the daunting task of giving them up. It is well worth any social discomfort you might feel to dodge that bullet.

Other bad habits are a matter of degree. Your body needs food. Many people realize that they will gain a lot of weight if they do not take action. However, you cannot just stop eating altogether. You could for awhile, but that would not be healthy either. Instead you must find a way to limit yourself.

To avoid the bad habits involved in letting yourself become overweight, you need to think differently. You can do this by thinking of food as a special treat that you only get at certain times. You can eat like a thin person-picking out the best part and leaving the rest. There are a host of different thinking patterns you can take on to avoid getting fat.

Not exercising is another of the bad habits that will make you gain weight. You may know that you need to get up and move around. You may have every intention to do so. The energy does not seem to be there when you need it. To avoid this bad habit, start slowly. What you may not realize is that the energy will increase as your exercise increases.

Bad habits of personal hygiene can be avoided by developing a positive routine. If you fear going out in public smelling bad, you can make it a habit to shower every morning. Shower more than once a day if the situation calls for it. Brush your teeth and comb your hair. If you are just starting out on your own, you could even make a list. After all, you are probably past those teen years when everyone else made sure you were decent.

Relationships are difficult enough without developing bad habits. If you are getting married, make a point of discussing all the possible trouble areas first. You can do this with a pre-marriage counselor or on your own. Either way, it is good to learn how you each can contribute to keeping away the bad habits of jealousy or neglect.

Many bad habits can be avoided if you will only consider the needs of yourself and of others equally. Putting yourself first at all times makes you selfish and hard to abide. Putting others first all the time just makes you a doormat.

For every bad habit, there is a way to avoid it. The trouble is that no one can be vigilant enough