A habit is a routine or behavior that is performed regularly and, in many cases, automatically. Your daily life is more or less a collection of habits, which means your life is largely on autopilot.&nbsp;There are good habits and there are bad ones. Good habits can be anything from doing yoga every morning, setting aside 10% of your monthly income for saving, or having a dinner with the family with no TV or smart phones every Sunday. Bad habits such as smoking or picking up the phone whenever there are a few minutes of free time are habits we want to get rid of. Remember that your subconscious brain doesn’t judge habits as good or bad. As far as your brain is concerned, they are all equal.&nbsp;The bad habits, many of which had their seeds planted in our childhood, are largely distractive and disempowering and can be extremely difficult to get rid of. Habits are, in fact, much like addictions. Simply not doing it, as we all know, is very challenging and when we’re always faced with the same triggers, it requires a never-ending supply of willpower to stop doing it.&nbsp;HOW TO CREATE NEW GOOD HABITSWhen we’re trying to make lifestyle changes, it’s important to get rid of some bad habits, if you have any, but it’s often even more important to create new good ones.&nbsp;A healthy habit could be:<ul><li>Meditate for 5 minutes every morning</li><li>Taking a 10-minute walk after dinner each evening</li><li>Doing a 25-minute home workout three times a week</li><li>Eat vegetables with every day</li></ul>&nbsp;Ask yourself, “What can I do&nbsp;every day to reach my goal?”&nbsp;8 tips to increase the chances of being successful when creating a new habit:&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pick an attractive habit - Select one habit that supports your progress toward the body and health you want. Pick a habit that makes your life better in some way.&nbsp;2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Be realistic - Start where you are right now and not where you wish you were. Don’t decide to workout 5 times per week when you’re struggling to complete 3 workouts per week. If you think a new habit seems attractive but too difficult to do, then scale it down. For example, workout for 5 minutes is better than not showing up at all. Consistency is the key to building new habits. Build up step by step and try to keep the habit streak alive and never miss twice.3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Know yourself - If you hate mornings, don’t book a 6am time to train. Find a better option that suits you.&nbsp;4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;One small change at a time - Make it something simple and reasonable, that you think you can practice every day. Make it so easy that it’s impossible to fail and work yourself up to bigger habits.&nbsp;5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Use existing habits to build new ones - Stack new habit on an existing habit. Maybe you’re ready for one more workout per week or do 10 minutes of mobility after each workout.&nbsp;6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Make a plan - People who make a specific plan for when and where they will perform a new habit are more likely to follow through. For example, “I will exercise for 30 minutes at 17:00 in my home gym". Share your plans and tell others you’re booked.&nbsp;7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Expect that time to be threatened - Someone or something will try to take your time away. Prepare and have a back-up plan. Think ahead.&nbsp;8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Use reminders for the day’s appointment - It’ll take you a while to get used to a new habit so set as many reminders as you need.&nbsp;HOW TO BREAK BAD HABITSHave you ever thought, “Why don’t I do what I say I’m going to do?”. We all have some bad habits that we would benefit from breaking.&nbsp;4 steps to increase the chance of breaking a bad habit:&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;First and foremost, you must have a goal, a why, to be able create the motivation you need to make changes in your lifestyle.&nbsp;2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Identify your bad and destructive habits. Which single habit, if you changed it, could have the biggest positive impact on your life?&nbsp;3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Most habits have a trigger and it’s important to identify these so you can disrupt and then ultimately break the cycle early. What happens just before you engage in your habit?&nbsp;Find a replacement behavior. List some positive behaviors you could do instead of the negative behaviors when triggered. Maybe drink a big glass of water instead of grabbing a bag of chips when turning on the TV or close your eyes to meditate for a few minutes instead of picking up the phone to check social media.

A habit is a routine or behavior that is performed regularly and, in many cases, automatically. Your daily life is more or less a collection of habits, which means your life is largely on autopilot.

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