HOW TO HARNESS YOUR HABITS

HOW TO HARNESS YOUR HABITS  .
Are there good habit  that you will like to build in your life 
Perharp your goals is to exercise regularly , 
to get more sleep or to keep closer touch with  love ones .
On the other hand maybe you will like to a bad habit , such as Smoking cigerate  Eating too much junks food Drinking  too much . Etc 
Admittedly it can be difficult to overcome a bad habit 
In fact , it has been said that a bad habit is like a warm bed 
On a cold day : it is easy to get into and hard to get out of 
So how can you harness your habit and make them work for you 
Instead of against you ? Consider the following suggestion.
BE REALISTIC 
Trying to reach all your goals at the same time is a
 sure way to reach none of them  Way out Work on your habit in realistic increment .
1, Create two master list - a list of good habit good habit that you will like to build and a list of any bad habit that you will like to get rid of 
On each list write down as many  as you can tthink of 
2, Prioritize the items on your list ,
numbering them in the other of importance to you .
3, Choose a few habit - even just one or two from each list 
And focus on those .
Them move on to the next one air two habit in each of your lists .

Speed up the process by replacing a bad habit with a good one . 
MANAGE YOUR ENVIRONMENT .
 The situation we put ourselves in and the people we spend time with -  influences our success in building a good habit band breaking away from bad once 
Way out 
1, Make it hard to do wrong things .
Keep yourself away from the environment that will encourage bad , and position yourself with the positive once , that way when temptation strike giving in will require more effort than not giving in .
2, make it easier to do the right things 
the easier it is to get started the more likely you are to follow through 
3, Choose your friends carefully we tend to become like the people we spend time with 
So limit contact with people who encourage habit that you are trying to break away from 
And seek out those who can reinforce good habit .
 3, Do not conclude that relapse is a permanent failure , Expect to face some setbacks  as you work towards your goals 
Focus on time when things went right , what did I do instead ? 
How can I repeat that ? Such question can help you to reinforce your success rather than dwell on your set back .
Final Note 
What count in the end is not how many rimes you fall but how many times you get up again .Chris Awoga 
Life Coach .