Habits

  LaddiceLearnings
Sunday, Sep. 11 2016, 09:30:27 AM
Edited: Friday, Aug. 21 2020, 01:03:54 PM

  • Controls how we react to things naturally

  • Habits are formed by the things we do repeatedly over time

  • Practice is the way to deliberately form a habit (&I)

  • Habits of mind are formed all the time (&I)

    • When we repeat a certain mental thought, we develop a habit unknowingly

    • When we deliberately take control of our thought processes, we can create positive habits of thought


 LaddiceLearnings - 8 years, 2 months ago Open

How to eliminate a bad habit or replace it with a good one

  • Before we start building habits, we need to first decide how we should react before the situation arises when we are in a mindful state

  • As practice, you could simulate the situation in your mind to practice the reaction

    • When the actual situation happens, it is quite difficult to stay to your intentions because the habit overtakes our control

    • In order to overcome this, you should pick a trigger that alerts you to the habit

  • Use the trigger to remind you to act the way you intend

  • Over time the reaction to the trigger will become autonomous and the habit will be formed

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