By: DiAne

DiAne — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 01:48:05 +0000

Great stuff here, Matt. I was a Behavior Specialist for years – these are all such good, sound principles. Why is it so hard to apply them to myself? Your words of experience/wisdom are just what I need(ed to hear! Thanks.
Keep up the great work.

By: teddybear

teddybear — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 07:54:15 +0000

This is great! Correlates with the conclusion I have reached after far too long, that you can’t just get rid of a habit. Not sustainably! You have to add new things into your life which push out the old habits. They have to be positive things, for example, I am hypothyroid and have no energy, so I would resort to eating a lot of sugar because it was easy energy. I started learning guitar and it takes up the time I’d normally have to aimlessly sit around eating sugar, without requiring a whole lot more energy. It’s a bit like feeding an elephant that will push your boulder for you I suppose!
In fact I would go so far as to say that you have to gradually evolve the way you live, and be prepared to adjust your expectations and views. Because often what seems to be a small habit has a whole network of lifestyle problems underneath it…sometimes changing something bigger will take the small stuff with it. Just my thoughts!
Thanks for a thought provoking article.

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