Don't Let Your Life Become The Sum of Your Bad Habits!
From picking our noses to using colorful language in public a little too often… it’s safe to say that we all have our bad habits. Sometimes our bad habits are nothing but harmless (if unflattering) foibles. Indeed, those closest to us may even have grown to find them endearing (which is one of the many wonderful things about love). However, there are some times when our bad habits become more than mere bad habits… they can become our undoing. They can become addictions. They can cause us to spiral into damaging and destructive behaviors. They can alienate us from those closest to us. They can have a disastrous effect on our health and our relationships.
In short they can have a prolific knock-on effect on pretty much every aspect of our lives. In order to enjoy a healthy and happy life, it’s essential not to allow your bad habits to define you, as they all-too easily might without vigilance and discipline.
Stressed? Find healthier ways to let off steam!
Stress is, in and of itself, a bad habit. We all know someone at work or in our personal-lives who’s an inveterate “stress head” and prone to ostentatious displays of stress and anxiety. And if you don’t know that someone… it might just be you. Over time, stress can become chronic, rewiring our brains and making us quicker to stressed out, panicked and emotionally erratic responses in the future.
What’s more, stress can push us into a range of bad habits from smoking and drinking too much to irresponsible sex or illicit substance use. That’s why it’s so important to find healthy outlets for stress from finding the best Vape Deals online to keep cigarettes at bay to switching out the double bourbon for double rep supersets at the gym.
Unless you master your stress, your mind and body are destined to become slaves to it.
Work smart instead of working hard
Speaking of workplace stress, many of us thrive on the cycle of stress, achievement and reward that the workplace offers. And while this can certainly be healthy when properly managed, it’s also worth sparing a thought to ask if you might be turning into a workaholic.
Take time to work smart instead of working hard. Find ways to take breaks and switch your brain off from time to time. Otherwise, you’ll inevitably find that work impinges on your personal, social and love life.
Don’t let your pessimism blind you to life’s beauty
We live in a very pessimistic and cynical time where people (especially through the lens of social media and the pseudo-anonymity of the internet) can be all-too quick to assume the worst of one another.
Don’t let yourself get sucked into the spiral of pessimism and cynical. It’ll inevitably dull the color of your perspective and prevent you from seeing the world’s everyday beauty. The more you give into pessimism, the less chance you’ll find reasons to be happy every day.
Accept that maybe you’re the one with the problem!
Finally, it’s human nature to blame our less than flattering behaviors on others. And this in turn can cause is to lash out at those closest to us and assign blame to them for the things that we’re not happy about in our lives.
Take a moment to step back and ask yourself, honestly, if it might be you who has the problem. It might just save your most important relationships!