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Silly Putty of the Soul...Bad Habits Are Meant To Be Broken

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The big question is, "How, how do I turn myself around.?" Here is a very excellent article I found that is very helpful.  Please check it out. The Habit Change Cheatsheet : 29 Ways to Successfully Ingrain a Behavior This is from the article, "The simple steps of habit change : 1. Write down your plan . 2. Identify your triggers and replacement habits . 3. Focus on doing the replacement habits every single time the triggers happen, for about 30 days." Everything I found on the Internet seems to agree with these three steps so there must be merit in this.  Breaking strongholds in your life is not an easy task.  First you need to make up your mind that you want to make the effort to break the habit.  It is all about choice after all.  Habits are comfortable repeated actions that we consider our norm.  We all create habits, either good or bad.  Its the bad ones that should get attention if we really want things to change.  Einstein says th...

Silly Putty of the Soul...What Are You Acting Out?

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   Is life just a dress rehearsal where the performers work out every detail of the performance?  Shakespeare said,  " All the   worlds   a stage and all the  men and women  merely players". .. so the world's   a stage and we actors   in it.  So what are you acting out?   How is your play going?  Is your performance what you desired for your life?  Behaviors become habits and habits become values.  A repeated action creates a habit.  Are your habits positive?   The official definition of a habit is: a settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up: "this can develop into a bad habit" synonyms: accustomed to · used to · given to · want to · inclined to    Small repeated actions done enough times, especially when done on a daily basis will end up as a habit, something you are accustomed to, used to or inclined to perform.   Do you rememb...