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Change Your Mind, Change Your Life!
Changing a habit requires about 4 - 6 weeks, and there are several steps you can use to set yourself up for success. This article will present the step for Weeks One and Two - check back for the remaining steps! Weeks One and Two Setting a strong foundation for success in changing a habit is vital. The best foundation involves choosing ONE habit to focus on for the entire 4 to 6 weeks. This seems slow, I know, but it's very effective - and what you'll find is that working on one habit does produce a flooding effect that means other habits are being influenced, also. This makes working on habits 2, 3, 4, etc. easier in general than the work you'll do on the first habit. For the first two weeks do the following - I'm using the habit of nail biting as an example but you can use this process on any habit. A) Choose the first habit you want to change. B) Form a brief statement about it to refine your thinking: "I no longer want to bite my fingernails." C) Change that statement to a positive statement about your new, replacement habit of thinking: "I want to have healthy, attractive fingernails." D) Every time you find yourself biting your fingernails, or wanting to bite your fingernails, stop biting if you caught yourself in the act; take a deep breath and repeat your statement, "I want to have healthy, attractive fingernails." Immediately repeat the deep breath and the statement, calmly, until the urge to bite your fingernails passes. At first you may need to repeat the above process numerous times, but persist! Every urge has a "bell shaped curve" amount of time to exist - each time it occurs it will rise, peak, plateau, and decline if you let it. The deep breaths and statement are to allow time for the urge to complete its bell shaped curve, with the new, positive statement becoming more entrenched over the two weeks. You'll notice the urge doesn't last as long after awhile - which means you are successfully shortening the plateau in that bell shaped curve, thereby breaking your habit! Don't give yourself any slack - consistency is required and will pay off! You may not be in your top mood these two weeks, because it takes emotional energy to combat habits, especially in the early stages like the first two weeks. Let your loved ones know what you're doing, and enlist their support in your habit-breaking process! To your Habit Breaking Success! |
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