Anyone familiar with attempts at eliminating a habit from their life knows what a challenge it can be. You get your mind straight, focus on the 'new you' you want to create, pick a time and date to begin then throw yourself into the game like a main event at a boxing match. Then, perhaps a day or two later on your diet, stop smoking campaign, job search, coffee reduction or whatever your life altering goal may be, it happens!
The big temptation! And off the wagon you go. "...maybe just a little piece of cake." You say to yourself. "After all, I've been soooo good."
If you've seen "What The Bleep Do We Know?" you know this has something to do with neuro-peptides and receptors on a chemical level. Heady stuff to say the least but fascinating nonetheless. The long and short of it boils down to motivation. Given sufficient incentive, any habit can be changed.
First, you place your attention only on the changed condition, leaving any thought about the condition you do not want behind. Then you see yourself on the other side of the habit - already living in the 'new you' state. After that, well, it comes down to persistence. You just keep on keeping on. You do (focus on) the same thing over and over and over again even though you fall off the wagon occasionally - or even frequently.
What you are doing with your constant focus on what you want, on the 'new you', is creating more receptors for the peptides that fit...so to speak. And sooner or later, your inner urges change and you find yourself leaning in a new direction without effort. In fact, you'd have to begin a whole new - new you - campaign to change the new you into a newer you.
Everything we create in life is like this and persistence really does pay off.
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