Identify Yourself and Your Undesirable Habits and Problems That Have Been Troubling You For Ages

By John Mannington


No I don't mean it literally "Identifying yourself as a candidate for undesirable habits and problems to the community!" But read on and you will know what I mean.

An understanding of your own habits and problems may be more difficult than it seems; the realisation of them may not be as transparent either. So how do you identify them? Yet how do you know if they really exist in your life at all, or are you in denial?

Well the answer to that is look at the choices you make every day, such as your activeness, your activity patterns, your health, the people you associate with. You simply need to be aware of what you do on a day to day basis and differentiate the time and effort in your choices in life. Take for example, look at your eating patterns are you regularly making something to eat on a continual basis because of boredom, look at the choices of the food and amount of intake as well? Do you have to pick up a cigarette every time you think or dwell upon something? Do you choose to drink alcohol every time you are feeling lonely or depressed? Remember all of these are just choices, right?

Remembering the key word "Choices" it is your choice to eat on a continual basis, but it is also a choice to set a normal eating regime, that is a choice as well. Knowing your choices can really help you identify your own habits and problems and that is identifying and acknowledging yourself and not associating or blaming anybody else for those habits and problems, because those choices are what you make and decide upon.

WHY WE TEND TO PART AWAY FROM OUR DESIRE TO CHANGE?

For some, because of past failures choices and decisions are hard to make and that is because the past failures weigh heavenly upon ones subconscious and have created many other emotional issues and inadequacy which they have over time been allowed due to repartition develop into habitual tendencies.

Initially we continually summon up and re-instate these behaviours, as instead perhaps as cure and or as a camouflage; but eventually we allow them to take over and take charge then they take on a life of their own and that becomes a habit as well as problem for one's well being.

Of course, our plans to part with old undesirable habits and problems overnight are not confined to any one individual or any one problem or habit, the concept and desire of a "change" a "new leaf" is always desirable for a short period of time and often resisted and that is often what causes the problems.

If and when we all understand that there is no magic formula for one to change and improve one's self and or to break old undesirable habit/s and or problems, nor in so many cases by the use of willpower, the problem here is that willpower is something that very few of us have and so it is not always ones best option.

However quick and permanent results can be best and easily achieved by one carefully assessing ones real goals and then listing all of one's anticipated obstacles and roadblocks that may or will stand in the way of their success and then work on a way to deal with and overcome those obstacles, saboteurs first, in their order of importance, rather than trying to push for the main goal first. One can do this by a well thought-out assessment, plan and process of choices.

They are annoying at best and self destructive at worst, most undesirable habits and problems will always return and again take residence over and over again and will continue to haunt us, if we are not serious about our choices and applied approach.

That is something that the overweight's, the smokers and excessive drinkers virtually every time that they undertake a cure without the proper preparation.

Tension, anxiety, stress and depression are all too often to blame for our compulsive mannerisms. We tend to overeat, smoke, drink excessively, as an attempted cure for those above mentions saboteurs; some will also bite their nails, when they are anxious and or fearful of something. In addition: Experience has shown me that these activities often serve as outlets for aggression when we can't express directly for fear of someone's disapprove, which is also an indication that one has some self confidence and image problems.

INSTANT GRATIFICATION

Undesirable Habits and or problems of excessive indulgence can also have their destructive and a compounding effect on one's self confidence and self image.

To change and repair low self-confidence, a person often turns to overeating, smoking and binge drinking to compensate in an attempt to manage their perceived inadequacies and or failure or disappointment of some or any kind. But overeating, smoking and or excessive drinking only relieves the stresses of frustration for a very short-time and in reality this type of imaginary gratification actually perpetuates and compounds such behaviour.

The above mentioned choices and reactions are in fact only leading them on to a much more psychologically distorted logic of reality and even ill health.

HOW TO COPE

Firstly think rationally and do not give in and cop out. The only losers in achieving a chosen goal are the quitters. Sheer willpower has little to do with ones overall success but it can in some cases help. The first thing that must be done is that we must determine ones motivation, ones goal and our goals will in turn motivate us into making choices to overcome and to manage our un-desirable habits and problems. From there one must assess what it was and will in the future sabotage any of one's efforts towards becoming an achiever and work on them, overcome and manage the saboteurs and you are on your way to making your subconscious your slave and not your master.

John is a health consultant, trainer and business coach. Using techniques and integral methodologies from his 40 years in the health (Habit and control) and obesity industry. John is able to successfully use those techniques and methodologies to help others achieve success. John's personal achievements have echoed through the management of numerous health studios which has reached to an international audience as well as a domestic level here in Australia. He has written numerous self-help programs which are portrayed by his 40 years experience in the health (Habit and control) and obesity industry.

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