Our life often goes unconsciously, automatically. We do not think about our way of life or do not want to think so as not to upset ourselves.
In this article, I want to talk about some habits. We are addicted to these habits. We were in bondage to these habits before or are now. I think it will be useful for us to talk about this.
Habits are actions that we repeat over and over again. We often do this automatically, without thinking about the consequences. We become addicted to these actions. We cannot or do not want to stop doing this.
Sometimes we smoke because we are young and stupid. Sometimes, among young people it is considered cool. We think that smoking shows that we are already adults. Some of us even manage to go to the gym. Smokers do not stay long in the gym.
There are those among us who smoke from time to time. We tell everyone that we are not addicted to smoking. Over time, the "from time to time" stage turns into the hourly smoking stage.
Some of us smoked in high school and smoked our whole lives. We periodically tell everyone that we will stop smoking tomorrow. Or we say that we stopped smoking yesterday. The next day or even in the evening we are again with a cigarette in our teeth.
Some of us started early and smoke all our lives. It doesn't bother us. We just smoke and don't think about it. Some people say they smoke because they enjoy it. But I think that such a minority. Experienced smokers generally have poor health. Most of them are internally angry with themselves and others. They are so addicted and worried about it that they cannot quit smoking without help. But many are afraid to seek help.
I think the habit of drinking "beer after work" came to us, because of the frequent viewing of action films. Mostly men are susceptible to this habit. In my opinion, there are significantly fewer women.
Some of us were so impressed by the scenes from these films that we adopted an unspoken law: "After work, I have the right to drink beer and watch TV." In a classic action movie, after completing a "mission", people go to a bar or gather at a TV with a beer.
If we suffer from this ailment, then, as a rule, money does not linger in our hands. Shopaholism is a kind of addiction. A shopaholic may start to “itch” long before the paycheck. In this case, in order to "satisfy our hunger" we borrow "money to paycheck." Then, immediately after receiving the salary, we run to boutiques or sales.
Conversation in a raised voice.
Some of us are used to talking to others in a raised voice. We do this not out of malice, but because we are so used to it. In this way, we try to convince and teach the interlocutors. Thus, we are used to defending our point of view. We are used to thinking that we are always and in everything we are right. We think that our habit of talking in a raised voice helps us in communicating with people. In fact, the effect is the opposite.
I often noticed the habit of speaking in a raised voice among kindergarten teachers and teachers in post-Soviet Russian schools.
Most of us have been accustomed to eating bread since childhood. Consuming bread is not good for everyone. People in Russia are used to eating a lot of bread due to their low income. They save money and therefore replace many healthy foods with bread. Some people are used to eating bread even with noodles or dumplings.
Bread is not always healthy. Less benefit from yeast bread. Yeast bread makes it easy to get fat. It is especially easy to get fat from white flour bread or high-quality flour buns. Bread gives us a feeling of satiety. At the same time, along with bread, you can easily eat excess food and feel bad from overeating.
Recently, humanity has not experienced hunger. Humanity is experiencing heart attacks, strokes and other ailments. These ailments happen to us, including due to excess weight.
I have practically not eating bread for two years now. I feel that I have become more vigorous, more energetic, there is less laziness, my brain has begun to work better.
For three years now, I have not added sugar to the drinks I drink. I also minimized the consumption of soda and juice from the store. Almost all store liquids are high in sugar. It is no secret that the consumption of sugar provokes the deposition of fat in our body. Eating food containing an excessive amount of sugar is one of the strongest addictions for the human body. For some people, eating sweetened foods is more addictive than smoking or drinking alcohol.
Eating fatty foods is sometimes justified. It is difficult to survive in the far north without fatty foods. In such places, temperatures can be very low and it takes a lot of calories to keep the body alive. But, in other regions and under warm weather conditions, the consumption of fatty foods is very bad for our body. An excess of fatty foods leads to diseases of the cardiovascular system.
Many of us are used to fatty foods. As a result, food that is devoid of animal fats seems unpalatable to us. Because of this habit, low-fat foods cannot make us feel full.
As a rule, this habit is instilled in us from an early age. Since childhood, we see adults sitting in an armchair or lying on a sofa to "relax". Children copy the behavior of adults. If the child does not want to do something, he declares that he is tired and needs to rest. This is how laziness appears in our life. Over the years, as a rule, unconsciously, we become slaves to this habit.
Putting things off for later.
We are used to putting off important and difficult things for later in order to do easy and unimportant ones. We understand that sooner or later we will still need to do important and difficult things. We put them on the back burner because we don't want to feel uncomfortable today. Many of us are very familiar with this. That is why we are less successful than we could be.
How tasty and convenient it is. We are ready to stand in long lines for a McDonald's hamburger.
Often, after effective workouts in the gym, we go straight to eat fast food. Sometimes, this urge is stronger than smoking a cigarette. After all, hunger is one of the strongest feelings of a person.
Many of us are highly addicted to social media. We are there not for work or reading important news. And not because we need to reply to a friend's message. We are present on social networks because we cannot imagine our life without gossip and emoticons. When we're on social media, time stops for us. We are ready to scroll through the feed for an infinitely long time and watch short videos. We feel closer to the online world than others. We forget that our physical body is in the real world. We do not pay attention to the fact that our communication with people, our feelings and emotions, have long been a part of the virtual world. Often, we are unable to distinguish real from virtual life.
For a long time, I was a slave to some of the bad habits that I wrote about today. I am still addicted to some. I am working to get rid of them.
For many years I was a slave to smoking. It took me three years to quit smoking. After I quit, my body cleared itself of toxins for another two to three years. After three or four years, it became easier for me to breathe. I have become more resilient. I have an appetite. My taste buds have become acute. I realized that now I can fully enjoy food. Four years later, I started going to the gym. My health has improved markedly. I began to feel better than when I smoked.
Hopefully my article will help someone think about their habits. Or someone will recommend my article to someone who might find it useful.
