Your bad habit needs your attention; break free

There are many physical tasks that we adopt to make their living possible and convenient in this world, these are called their professions. But there are some other kinds of actions that we use in their daily routine which may enhance the quality of work or may lead to depression and anxiety depending upon the actions we take. Repeating a good or bad act daily or weekly makes it a habit.

Good Habits; your savior

Everyone has some good and bad habits and that’s natural. Some of them are pretty good to carry on in the daily routine. For example, taking care of you as well as of yours parents, helping a child or an old couple to cross the road, making some additional gravy to share with your neighbors, helping your friend in a study without any favor, etc. You should be moderate while engaging yourself in a good habit. Because sometimes doing good things in excess makes people a negative impact, there should be a limit and moderation in everything we do.

Bad Habits make you lazy

Similarly, everyone has a kind of bad habit too. For example, procrastinating a task, using a mobile while studying, saying bad words to others, leg pulling, eating too much junk food, letting the lights ON while leaving the room, etc. Breaking bad habits might be difficult if you are engaged for a long time. Not breaking a bad habit may lead you toward a regretful life.

How can you break free from a  bad habit?

This time I want to look with you at the main problem and how we can break free from a bad habit. To prohibit these bad habits you should know about the following tips;

1. Identify the Stimulus

It’s very important to know the stimuli that urge you to do that specific tasks. You should notice that
• Either am I doing same act at the same time daily?
• What urges me to do that?
• Why am I repeating that over and over again?

2. Know the “Why” Factor

If you want to adopt a good habit or you want to leave a bad one, the important point is that you must know the “WHY” factor. Why you are chasing a good or bad act respectively? There might be many reasons for this purpose. For example, you want to rise early in the morning so that you can offer your Fajar prayer. Waking up early in the morning to fulfill your dreams by doing hard work or to prohibit the habit of procrastination. You want to leave the habit of laziness. There are many more other examples according to the people living in different situations. Thus, make your “WHY” stronger enough that you can hit the target.

3. Routine Analysis

Keep an eye on your routine work. It will make you able to analyze the weak point. You will come to know the trigger that pushes you to do that specific habit that you want to break. Check the time and notice that, is it the same time daily you do that habit. If yes, then according to the time i.e. early morning, daytime, noon, afternoon, evening, or nighttime, Recite Holy Quran, go for a walk, take some nap, have a healthy lunch, avoid junk food, don’t take soft drinks, do a task that is productive for you, have some quality time with your elders, take a cup of tea and just relax, etc. Just try to spend that specific time progressively. If you keep doing this, you’ll notice that you’ve replaced a bad habit with a better one.

4. Self-Appreciation

Even if you’ve put a little effort to break a habit, just cherish yourself. Appreciate yourself for doing little good acts. As a result, you’ll feel better and the dopamine in your brain will push you to do it again. Some people try to break a habit and do a good job but if can’t perform that act once a day or a week, they try to feel guilty the whole next day and as a result waste another beautiful day. For example, if they’ve promised to not eat junk food but ate a burger once a day, they will keep feeling shame the whole day. Give a little margin to yourself for being a human. Doing mistakes is natural. Try to learn from them. Keep moving forward. Keep growing.

5. Motivation get rid of bad habit

It is very important to motivate yourself to break a habit. Make sure your “WHY“ is stronger enough than your stubborn habit. It will help you to feel free from that habit that you want to break. It will also help you to achieve a goal. Keep in mind that:

IF YOU WANT TO FLY,
GIVE UP EVERYTHING
THAT WEIGHS YOU DOWN.

6. Re-motivation to get energized

Sometimes people get demotivated if they don’t see the results on time. At this time you should re-motivate yourself for achieving the goal. Keep reminding yourself. Again it all depends upon your why. It will make you realize the importance of your goal and keep you motivated for the accomplishment of that goal.
Therefore, what are you waiting for? Have a look at these bright points and start doing to escape from a bad habit, enhance your personality, chase your dreams, and see your dreams turning into reality.