Bad habits I am ready to drop this year.
“A bad habit is like fire; you can’t play with it and expect not to get burned,” as they say. On the other hand, it wastes time and is physically, psychologically, and emotionally taxing.
Since last year, I’ve been a work in progress. I wanted to break a lot of bad habits, and I’m very glad I managed to get rid of some of them. In contrast to prior years, this year the had gone down. I’ll be focusing more on good habits. I’m also ready to change my bad habits and replace them with better ones. By the end of the year, I hope to have become a better steward. They say it takes 21 days to form a good habit. So I have the entire year to work on that. I’ll be a pro by then.
Here are the bad habits I’m ready to drop this year:
- Many details on ideas that are never implemented.
- Nail biting
- Not consistently following my daily routine
- Bunking church
- Wasting time on youtube, as if I want to start a channel. That would have been better.
- I am consuming a lot of meat and sugar (winks) and I need an accountability partner to help me because, wow.
- Ignoring calls and texts
- Lateness in replies to important emails
- Staying up late
- Not coping well with rejection (I need help)
- Using social media platforms
- Regular meal skipping
- Self-rejection
- Self-criticism
- Self-sabotage
Habits break habits. Like I said when I started the post, I have improved on many things in my life as compared to the past years. There are habits which one developed and still developing that I managed to stick to and I’m grateful. Two books that helped me to overcome some of my bad habits and substitute them with good ones are The-5-am-club by Robin Sharma and Atomic Habits by James Clear. You can check the books on Amazon. You will not regret it.
I’m prepared for each day to:
- Pray and study the word
- Exercise
- Read a book
- Obedience to God.
- Two blogs per week
- Write everyday
- Keep a daily journal.
- Practice sign language.
- Comment and read more blogs.
- Go on solo dates (often).
- Go for walks.
- Attend church services.
- More love and giving
- Become a good steward.
- More humour
Breaking bad habits requires time and effort. Do not be too hard on yourself if they manage to snare you and you end up falling into the trap. Get up and keep going. Focus on developing habits that will eventually become a lifestyle.
What bad habits do you wish to give up this year, and what do you intend to replace them with?
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This is a great way to start the new year. I need to add a few of these start/stops myself 😊
Hahaha hah letssss gooo!!!
We still have time in the new year. There’s more we can learn to unlearn in the process. Thank you for your support and for commenting on my blog.
Good luck with all your goals this year but remember to give yourself grace on days when your goals are harder to achieve. ❤️Thanks for choosing to follow my blog! I appreciate your support and look forward to reading more of your posts!
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I will most def consider giving myself some grace. I’ve actually been very hard on myself and I do believe that I’ll be a little more lenient on myself.
You’re welcome!! Yes be kind to yourself! You deserve a gentle hand.
As for a gentle hand. Hahaha..thanks a lot.
that Self-rejection Self-criticism Self-sabotage … we definitely gotta counter with more self-love, self-care and self-esteem I think I read somewhere that the thing with habits is that you dont just drop them but you replace them with other ones hopefully more positive and better habits
~B
And i do agree with you UncleB
I definitely would replace them with positive ones. It’s gonna be a journey however I’m prepared for it. And the good thing is I’ve already started to implement them. Working one bad habit with a good one at a time. Haiti
Nice comprehensive list Lebogang. Some of those listed are things I too wanna get rid of ! Maybe we can partner and push each other to achieve those goals.
Ohhh absolutely true
The journey would then be a little bit easier when we partner together. An accountability partner will make sure that you stay the courndebin days when you want to quit. Thanks you so much for your support. Much appreciated
I’m working on some of these too. Like ignoring calls and texts. And skipping meals. All the best with breaking bad habits and making new good ones 😊
I always feel guilty every time I do that 😅😅😅glad we were able to see that’s it’s a bad habit hence we are working on it. Most people don’t find ignoring calls and texts a problem.
Cheers to breaking one bad habit at a time.
You mentioned nail biting as one of your bad habits. Well, that’s one of mine as well and it’s very hard to stop when my anxiety level is high. Throughout my life I have managed to stop many times but then for some reason I start back up again. So, yeah, that is a good one to try and stop. I also am addicted to anything sweet. So, for my health and weight, I would like to somehow cut way back on that. Good post and best wishes on making changes this year.
Hahahhaha we are alike when anxiety strikes…I try at times but I can’t help it. My nails are always neat when I put a manicure….it doesn’t work with nail polish. I still bite with it. What about you? Do you sometimes manicure???
You and I should just be accountability partners with sugar intake. Thing is hard to beat but I’m glad because I’ve not had any sweet things since the year started. Yipppppyyyyyy….progress
A good beginning! All the best 👍💐
Thank you so much
Truly appreciate. We are breaking one habit at a time. Can’t wait to see what will come out of this. Much appreciated KK. Hope you and a great day on your side
You’re welcome, my friend!