How To Leave Bad Habits Behind

Okay well now I’m sure you’re wondering how you’re supposed to just quit all of your bad habits. Well first of all lets just start by practicing abstinence. Just quit doing, buying, consuming, or speaking about whatever your bad habit is. Here’s some examples:

• Smoking – Quit buying smokes and throw away what you have
• Eating junk food – Stop buying junk food, throw it away
• Cussing – Do something painful each time you cuss so you are less likely to do it, e.g. soap or hot sauce
• Chewing your nails – Same ^
• Spending money on non-essentials – Lock those cards up, transfer money from checking to saving,
• Sleeping in – Cold showers if you sleep past your alarm
• Watching porn – Get rid of all porn you have and whenever you feel the urge to watch porn,  go jump rope
• Chewing Tobacco – Snack on healthy vegetables and sip water instead

1. Write down or announce your intention to quit this bad habit
2. Make the habit harder to do by getting rid of it or anything that reminds you of it, create barriers to doing it
3. Distract yourself whenever you find yourself thinking about the habit
4. Find a healthy alternative for the bad habit
5. Punish yourself whenever you catch yourself doing the bad habit
6. Set goals around quitting your bad habit
7. Get an accountability partner to help you quit your habit
8. Reward yourself once you have finally quit your bad habit or smaller rewards for not having done it for shorter time periods