Dragging Old Habits to your Trash Bin
Rather than breaking away from old habits, one may keep the thoughts on breaking into new ones, in which one can conceive of as being more helpful to your goals in life. As you contemplate that which you strive towards in life, rather than regretting current conditions, old patterns may lose some of their hold on you and thus be more easily changeable.
I think one of the more important and often overlooked things, is to get your subconscious and your unconscious mind on the same page, so that your actions can be cohesive. Unfortunately this is easier said than done. One of the ways to reach the deeper levels is deep meditation. It can work wonders for some people.
Serious open and honest self-reflection can also help a lot. When you have some time to devote to this, ask yourself the following four questions.
* In what way is this behavior a benefit to me?
* In what way is this behavior bad for me?
* If I didn’t have this behavior, how would that benefit me?
* If I didn’t have this behavior, in what way could this be bad for me?
When you do this, all the obvious answers will probably pop up, and then you will kind of blank out, but if you keep going here you might uncover some real gems.
Now that the time of New Years Resolutions is upon us, look inside to identify some root items that need to be changed and not just things that will alter the physical appearance such as dieting.
Most people develop bad habits by practicing or emulating what they see or hear in others. People in general have a tendency to pick up a little “Character Development” from here and there, although often time, the very thing they pick up is definitely not what they need. Start leading instead of following others.
A shift of consciousness is underway, and you don’t want to be left at the bus stop after the bus has came and gone.
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Nice post and I like the 4 questions about letting go of old habits.
You may know about Byron Katie´s method known as The Work which is similar to your 4 questions technique.
Happy New year to you.