How To Get Rid of Bad Habits and Benefits of Overcoming
Procrastination
Your health and weight is determined by your eating habits. Your
social habits affect your relationship with other people. Your
sleeping habit dictates how well you sleep. Your working habits
affect your success. Besides you'll have sexual habits and also
buying habits. The way you do things, and the things you each
day are all related to your habits - like the first thing you do
the moment you wake up from bed; which hand holds the tooth
brush, and how you hold and squeeze tooth paste are all habits
you have developed.
If you ask people what's the meaning of habit, most will give
bad habits the hard press, and say they are negative actions
that people do over and over again, like smoking, gambling, over
eating, and procrastination.
We know bad habits produce negative benefits, poor relationship
and affect your life negatively. What if we can add positive
habits to our life. What is a positive habit, you ask? A
positive habit is simply a habit that produces positive
benefits, attitudes and actions you want to acquire and make a
part of your life.
Why is there such great power in positive habits to effect
change in our life? Because by their very nature, habits are
automatic. After a period of time they can become permanent. A
habit becomes a voluntary action and in turn develop into an
acquired behavior pattern that become part of you.
Overcoming Procrastination For the purpose of discussion on how
to add good and positive habits to our life, we will confine
ourselves to overcoming procrastination. It's really quite easy.
Like adding any positive habit, you simply begin repeating an
action, attitude or thought process every day for at least 21
days. Ok, let's get started with the following tips on repair
works as an example.
1. When you think that a work can afford to be delayed, it can
also afford not to be delayed. By having the work done without
further delay, you feel a sigh of relief making the load of work
on our back lesser or lighter, which eventually makes you feel
better. Do it now overcoming procrastination immediately.
2. Do you have things on your pending list? Then attend to them
after being busy with something more important and you have time
to spare. Don't wait as delaying is one of bad habits.
3. If the reason you delay some work is because you feel it is
difficult, then delaying will make it even more difficult. For
example, a leak on the roof may not be harmful if it doesn't
rain; but once it rains, water goes into the house resulting in
wet floors and carpets and eventually, the extent of damage
could be more than can be imagined. A stitch on time saves nine.
4. When you are not sure if work that needs to be done will be
effective, you must seek advice from people who are more
knowledgeable on this field. Procrastinating won't help.
5. Delayed work due to incomplete materials will remain delayed
unless you fill in the incomplete items. Remember, overcoming
procrastination is a must.
6. Make a list of all pending work in the house and post it on
the refrigerator door to constantly remind you about them.
You may feel lazy at times and tend to delay some work that
needs your attention. It's understandable that 'starting' to get
a job done is the most difficult part, but once you have
started, the rest will be easy.
Remember you will reap the benefits of positive habits for as
long as you maintain that habit which can change your life
entirely. Research has shown that action is likely to become a
permanent habit, if it is repeated for a minimum of 21 days.