How to Break a Habit

If you want to break a habit, it would almost seem like doing something in the negative is harder than trying to change your behavior. One of the things we know is that once a habit gets triggered, it's really hard to kind of stop oneself. A much more effective way to prevent oneself from engaging in the habit is just avoiding the trigger. Giving yourself as much scaffolding as you can to help keep the behavior going in the early days until it becomes kind of more of a routine are probably one of the most effective ways to do it.

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