I have had a few bad ones and a few good ones. I have started and stopped them too. We are always looking for a quick fix, an easier way, or really – we are just plain lazy (I mean that in a good way).
We are conditioned to do things the easiest way with the least amount of energy. It takes discipline and I know I have to really work on staying focused to form that “good” habit.\u00a0 It is so much easier to just keep doing what I have been doing, because, well, basically, it’s easier!<\/p> What is one habit that you would love to conquer, improve, or lose?\u00a0 Suffice it to say, I smoke.\u00a0 It is one of those habits I have continually struggled to lose.\u00a0 The longest I have quit was for four years.\u00a0 I know people that have started the stopping process and proclaimed to the world – I QUIT!\u00a0 I have been one of them, only to start back up in secret!\u00a0 Ouch! <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is it that truly makes us struggle?\u00a0 Have I tried too hard or not hard enough?\u00a0 I think I have tried really hard and then – BAM! – back at it.\u00a0 Most people, who don’t know me well, can’t believe I smoke.\u00a0 I like to think I am a polite smoker and I only smoke half a pack a day.\u00a0 Some days, more than others, however, I still smoke. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Do you find pleasure in your habit – good or bad?\u00a0 I just enjoy sitting and doing nothing!\u00a0 When I sit and have a cigarette, I am doing nothing!\u00a0 I am a go, go, go kind of person so it means a nice, quiet break from a lot of things. Boredom comes to mind – eating, drinking, smoking, etc.\u00a0 I have lots of hobbies.\u00a0 Most of the time I do really well and find myself absorbed in doing things that I don’t think about smoking.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Habits – they say 30 days to kick it, but, science has been studying it and it is truly longer for most people and yes, shorter for others.\u00a0 \u00a0Mindset, ah yes, that lovely word.\u00a0 We have been hearing and reading about it.\u00a0 I know I have.\u00a0 Change your thoughts and you will change your habits.\u00a0 It is a real game-changer and for a positive person like me, you would think it would be easy to quit.\u00a0 Smoking doesn’t change who I am and so I can still be positive.\u00a0\u00a0 On the other hand, smoking changes who you think I am.\u00a0 It has all the connotations of being a bad, dirty, smelly, unhealthy person.\u00a0 Who me?\u00a0 Have you met me?\u00a0 Oh, yes, it is unhealthy, dirty, and smelly.\u00a0 So is o<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Overeating and drinking are also unhealthy.\u00a0\u00a0 A habit is a choice.\u00a0 We choose all the time.\u00a0 Sometimes I struggle with that choice and so do you.\u00a0\u00a0Choose to eat better, exercise, and abstain.\u00a0 Personally, I am not doing too bad in the habit department when I think of others who have habits that I wouldn’t want to take on – good or bad.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Choices. As long as I can work on changing my bad habit – that should be all that counts.\u00a0 I will applaud your diligence with your good habit as long as you understand and support me in trying to make mine go away.\u00a0\u00a0 Our habits do not define us.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n N<\/span>o, I did not make any resolutions.\u00a0 If you did, let me know what they are and how you are going to make them stick!<\/span><\/span> Happy New Year!<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Habits are one of those things that, no matter what it is, are either bad or good. You name it and anyone will tell you – bad or good.We all have them. Some of us have had them forever and many of us have just started them. Smoking, eating, drinking, chewing our nails, swearing – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tammydaily85.org\/staging\/9701\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/th.jpg?resize=313%2C237&ssl=1\")