So today I decided to spend a little time researching habits and how to break them. I mean that seems to be the big thing here… I have habits, and I need to break them. How simple is that, right? Not as simple as it may seem… apparently there is a lot to breaking a habit… I have these little tidbits…

The wiki on how to break habits

Some people say that it takes 30 days to form a pattern and 90 days to form a habit, so plan on giving this a good chance.

An About page on breaking habits

The first step in breaking a bad habit is to look at why you find this action so compelling. In other words, what’s the payoff for doing this seemingly negative thing? Since you’ve already classified this as a “bad” habit you may be tempted to say there isn’t one.

So basically what I am reading is this… Figure out why you love the habit so much and spend a lot of time getting rid of the habit.  Well, I think I am doing both of these things successfully.  I mean I spent a long time deciding what habit would be first.  I wanted one that would make a big impact on my life, but would be relatively easy so that I could be successful.  And, I think that I picked well.  So far it has been a tough habit to break, but one that I really do think is possible.

So what I learned today… I guess something I already knew… hard work and perseverence pay off in the long run