{"id":64,"date":"2022-11-08T18:34:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T18:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bibleholyghost.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/08\/habits-how-they-make-and-break-us\/"},"modified":"2023-01-21T20:40:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T20:40:09","slug":"habits-how-they-make-and-break-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bibleholyghost.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/08\/habits-how-they-make-and-break-us\/","title":{"rendered":"HABITS -HOW THEY MAKE AND BREAK US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><u><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">(HABITS) HOW THEY MAKE AND BREAK US<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><u><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\"><o:p><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">What are habits and how are they formed?<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">Habits form when new behaviors become automatic and are enacted with minimum conscious awareness. That\u2019s because \u201cthe behavioral patterns we repeat more often are etched into our neural pathways\u201d.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">How do habits affect our lives?<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">Habit provides us with its structure.\u201d by and large, the structure is important since it gives us a sense of rhythm in our lives.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>We don\u2019t do well with a lot of uncertainty and like to feel in control.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">Why are habits so important?<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">Habits are essential to our health.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>They can make or break our chances of achieving and maintaining our lifestyle goals such as sticking to an eating plan, exercising regularly, managing diabetes\/other medical conditions, increasing quality of life, and promoting longevity.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">Why do good habits make us successful?<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">Harnessing the power of habits is a great way to pursue success.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>Committing to habits allows you to free up your brain capacity to make better decisions, do your best work when you are in a prime mental state, and stay on track even when things are difficult. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">How do habits make you or break you?<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">Habits can make you or break you. Take it, train it, be firm with it and the habit will put the world at your feet.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>Be casual with it, and it can destroy you.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>Habits of action and thinking play an important role in shaping your personality and consequently heavily influence your time management.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>Practice bad habits and you will feed your vices.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>Your will gets weaker.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>Practice good habits and you will feed your virtues.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>Your will gets stronger.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">How to break bad habits and create a good ones?<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">1.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><!--[endif]--><b><u><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">Stress and boredom<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">Most of the time, bad habits are simply a way of dealing with stress and boredom.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>Everything from biting your nails to overspending on a shopping spray to drinking every weekend to wasting time on the internet can be a simple response to stress and boredom.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>But it doesn\u2019t have to remain the same always.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>You can teach yourself new and healthy ways to deal with it.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">2.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><!--[endif]--><b><u><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">Choose a substitute for your bad habit<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">You will need to have a plan ahead of time for how you will respond when you face the stress or boredom that prompts your bad habit.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>For example, when you get the urge to do something you can do breathing exercises instead. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">3.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><!--[endif]--><b><u><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">Cut out as many triggers as possible<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">Your environment makes your bad habits easier and good habits harder.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>Change your environment and you can change the outcome.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">4.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><!--[endif]--><b><u><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">Join forces with somebody<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">How much do you try to diet in private? Or maybe you quit smoking but kept it to yourself.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>Instead, pair up with someone.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>The two of you can hold each other accountable and celebrate your victories together.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>Knowing that someone else expects you to be better is a powerful motivator.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">5.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><!--[endif]--><b><u><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">Surround yourself with people who follow good habits.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">You don\u2019t need to ditch your old friends, but don\u2019t underestimate the power of finding new ones.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">6.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><!--[endif]--><b><u><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">Visualize yourself succeeding.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">See yourself doing away with your old habits and adopting good ones.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>See yourself building a new identity.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">It is necessary to cultivate good habits and avoid bad ones.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>There is a saying that habits are at first cobwebs but afterward cables. This shows that habits might be broken at first, but once they are difficult to break.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>Hence, we should try to acquire only good habits.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span><b>Watch your thoughts, they become your words; watch your words they become your actions; watch your actions they become your habits, watch your habits they become your character; watch your character it becomes your destiny. <o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">The secret to adopting a new habit is to go small at first and slowly work your way up.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><u><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;\"><o:p><span style=\"text-decoration: none;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; (HABITS) HOW THEY MAKE AND BREAK US &nbsp; What are habits and how are&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holy-bible"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","covernews-featured":"","covernews-medium":"","web-stories-poster-portrait":"","web-stories-publisher-logo":"","web-stories-thumbnail":""},"author_info":{"info":["Holy Bible"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/bibleholyghost.com\/index.php\/category\/holy-bible\/\" rel=\"category tag\">New Testament Matthew<\/a>","tag_info":"New Testament Matthew","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bibleholyghost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bibleholyghost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bibleholyghost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bibleholyghost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bibleholyghost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bibleholyghost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102,"href":"https:\/\/bibleholyghost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64\/revisions\/102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bibleholyghost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bibleholyghost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bibleholyghost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}