Tips To Break Bad Habits

Everyone has habits, and there’s nothing inherently wrong with them. Some are pretty useful but others might not be so beneficial. Breaking unwanted habits can be difficult, especially if you’ve been engaging in them for a long time. 

Useful Tips to Break Bad Habits

 • Focus on why you want to change
 • Enlist a friend’s support
 • Start small
 • Replace the bad habit with a good one
 • Leave yourself encouraging reminder notes in visible places
 • Visualize yourself breaking the habit

We discovered that the most helpful tip when trying to break a bad habit is to keep busy and to change your environment.

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