Breaking bad habits might seem daunting, but with these 8 tips, you’ll be well on your way to breaking bad habits and replacing them with positive ones that are better for you and everyone around you. No matter how far gone your bad habit may be, it can still be broken if you dedicate yourself to the process and work hard at it every day.

1) Change your routine

• To break a bad habit, you need to change your routine. Here are eight tips to help you do just that:
• Wake up earlier or go to bed later to avoid times when you’re likely to give in to your bad habit.
• Change your environment, whether it’s moving furniture around or spending more time outside.
• Find a friend or family member who will support you in your quest to break your bad habit.
• Distract yourself with something else when you’re tempted to give in to your bad habit.
• Set small goals and reward yourself when you reach them.
• Be patient with yourself and don’t get discouraged if you have a slip-up.

2) Do it with support

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3) Visualize what you want

The first step is to imagine your life without the bad habit. What would it look like? How would you feel? Would you have more energy? More time? More money?

Creating a vision of what you want your life to look like without bad habits can help give you motivation and a positive vision of success. It will also help when setting goals, because bad habits tend to creep in gradually, so without keeping an eye on them, they may continue and even spiral out of control before you know it. Plan around your bad habit: The second step is to plan how you’re going to build good habits into your life in place of that old bad one. How can you achieve those things? How often will you do them?

4) Set realistic goals

The first step is to set realistic goals. If you want to quit smoking, don’t try to go from a pack a day to zero cigarettes overnight. Set a goal of smoking 10% less each week until you’re down to your target number of cigarettes. Then, set a timeline for reaching that goal.

5) Reward yourself

• Change your mindset and think of it as a marathon, not a sprint.
• Set realistic goals that you can gradually work towards.
• Find a support group or buddy to help you stay accountable.
• Track your progress and celebrate each milestone along the way.
• Give yourself grace when you stumble and don’t be too hard on yourself.
• Persevere and never give up on yourself.
• Reward yourself for making progress and breaking your bad habit!

6) Start small, then make it bigger

When it comes to breaking bad habits, we often think we have to go cold turkey. But in reality, that’s usually not the best approach. If you’re trying to break a bad habit, start small and then gradually make it bigger. Here are eight tips to help you do just that

7) Change your mind set about failure and success

When it comes to breaking bad habits, we often think of it as an all-or-nothing task. We either succeed or we fail. But this isn’t necessarily the case. Instead of thinking about breaking your bad habit as a binary task, try looking at it as a process with multiple steps.

8) Take action

The first step is admitting that you have a problem. If you can’t do that, then you’re not ready to change. Second, figure out what’s triggering your bad behavior. Once you know what causes it, you can start to avoid those triggers. Third, come up with a replacement behavior. This will help satisfy the urge that’s driving the bad habit. Fourth, get rid of anything that makes it easy to engage in the bad behavior. Fifth, make it difficult to engage in the bad behavior. Sixth, build a support network of people who will help you stay on track. Finally, don’t be too hard on yourself if you slip up–everyone does from time to time. Just get back on track and keep going!