103 Bad habits TO Quit To be happier and healthier
We often think or at least fantasize about developing new good habits and routines so that we will be as healthy, productive and happy and as the people we see on our screens and read about.
It is not often or comfortable for us to think about our bad habits that are hindering us from attaining our ideal life.
It is important that we make a list or at least a mental note of all the things that we need to stop or habits that are in the way of our progress socially, personally, economically, etc. and other spheres of our life
Pondering on our bad habits is not an easy conversation to have with yourself and just by having that conversation, you are a step closer to stopping your bad habits and achieving your goals.
Let us begin with the bad habits that I, you, us, everyone needs to stop for their own sake soonest. They are;
- Following social media trends mindlessly – Most of them are dumb, unhealthy, Objectifying and often, dangerous
- Over indulging yourself – Too much of anything is bad for us
- Having a negative mindset -Pessimism
- Keeping toxic friends and boyfriends
- Trying to impress others
- Being a doormat/pushover
- Poor personal hygiene
- Poor manners and social etiquette
- Checking your phone the minute you wake up
- Living your life on social media
- Over sharing on social media
- Comparing your life to others
- Holding onto the past and things that you cannot change
- Having no self care routine or habit to unwind or de-stress
- Lack of adequate sleep
- A diet that consists of junk foods and artifical foods that have no nutritive value
- Inability to accept personal faults -lack of accountability,
- Irresponsibility
- Having no personal goals beyond school and a career
- Not making time for yourself
- Being impatient all the time
- Sleeping late
- Waking up late
- Ignoring your gut feeling – It can save you alot of trouble in life
- Not being proactive – Always wating for the perfect time and circumstance
- Procrastination – This is a huge evil
- Poor self discipline
- Being too critical/strict with yourself
- Inability to accept reality – Living in denial
- Being a control freak
- Failing to forgive yourself
- Over-tasking your day
- Not reading including the news, books, journals, etc.
- No zeal to improve yourself in anyway
- Giving up quickly
- Expecting things from others
- Waiting for someone to save you
- Worrying about others opinion on your life, and yourself
- Taking on more than you can chew
- Being a people-pleaser (I am sometimes guilty of this)
- Doubting your self and your abilities
- Keeping it safe and settling for less than you know you can do or deserve
- Wasting your precious time
- Not challenging yourself every once in a while – Always staying in your comfort zone
- Accepting others opinion about you as facts
- Not counting your blessing – There is so much to be grateful for in your life
- Being self-depreciating – Even a little self depreciation is very bad
- Not having adequate exercise everyday – Sitting for most of your day
- Multitasking more than 2 tasks at once – It will often leave you feeling unproductive, stressed and drained
- Poor posture
- Not budgeting before getting paid at the end pf the month
- Willingly living on debt
- Justifyig your bad habits
- Not planning your days ahead and just tackling things as they come. If you fail to plan your days, you plan to fail.
- Being a perfectionist – It steals your joy
- Sitting all day – Not exercising or being active enough during the week
- Ignoring your body’s signals for sleep, rest, a doctor’s visit, etc.
- Being unorganized and doing things at the last minutes (I am sometimes guilty here too)
- Giving too much time, energy, love, etc. to people who won’t do the same for you
- Not making time to reflect on your life, goals and character
- Over cooking your food till the nutrients are cooked away
- Over complaining and having a victim mindset
- Over spending.
- Having bad communication and listening skills
- Lacking sympathy or the inability to put yourself in other people’s shoes
- Spending on things that you know you don’t need. You simply want them
- Keeping negative people around
- Keeping in-touch with toxic, competitive, and unsupportive friends
- Avoiding confrontations all the time – sometimes they are necessary
- Being passive-aggressive
- Telling offensive jokes
- Telling white lies
- Sitting in the company of those bad-mouthing or backbiting others
- Often or always being late
- Having unhealthy coping mechanisms when stressed, embarrassed, unhappy, etc.
- Not asking for help when you need one
- Accepting defeat easily
- Being too emotional especially anger – this makes it difficult to think logically
- Lacking emotional control and maturity
- Taking things too personally
- Black or white thinking
- Being arrogant
- Having poor boundaries
- Not keeping to your words as you said you will
- Laziness
- Worrying about others opinion about our selves and the things we do.
- Neglecting your health
- Skiping meals
- Always eating junk food
- Yo-yo dieting
- Eating out often – more than 3 times a week
- Eating when you are not hungry
- Being narrow minded and unable to think critically or challenge your beliefs
- Drinking cold beverages, water and foods
- Mindless eating – This is eating while reading, watching tv, chatting
- Being obesessed with your weight – if you are unhappy with it, find healthy ways of losing weight or gaining weight. Mental stress will harm your health.
- Being a worry-wart and over thinking things
- Using your phones as the last thing at night
- Using your phones or gadgets in the dark -Blue light is real
- Not listening to your body when you feel unwell
- Sleeping on your front, left side ot back -The right side is the correct sleeping postion
- Blindly following doctors orders – You need to be proactive about your health and decide whether something is working for you or not and demand for a better or alternative treatment
- Reaching for the drug cabinet every single time you feel unwell – try to learn of natural remedises to solve everyday illness. That is the main focus of this blo. You can start here.
Final thoughts
I hope this list will remind you of habits to improve upon as it did for me while writting this post.
Thank you for coming over, and have a nice day. Bye 😉
