5 Things You Need to Start Forming Better Habits

a post by Susie Pettit for YourTango.com [via the World of Psychology blog]


Good habits will change your whole life.

If you’re interested in life advice for self-improvement, you’ll need to learn how to form good habits and how long it takes to break bad ones.

When it comes to forming good habits, there are no golden rules.

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It does not take two weeks, 21 days, 1,000 hours, or 10,000 hours. I’ve stopped behaviors that I’ve been doing for years in a moment, I’ve also taken months to wean myself away from whatever habit I was doing. At any moment, at any time, on any day of the week, you can choose to do something differently.

What is needed to start a new habit or change a bad one? Here are the five things you need to form good habits and start your self-improvement journey.

1. A Strong Why
   
   
2. Accountability
   
   
3. Visualization
   
   
4. Mindset Shift
   
   
5. To Take Action Every Day

Continue reading to fill in the details. I had not read all thisd about habit changing when I finally stopped smoking but I now realise that I had a very strong why. I needed to support my husband in his effort to stop on doctor’s orders. Incidentally he started again after about three weeks. After 14 years I am still tobacco free.

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