Develop healthy habits from "summary" of How to Stop Watching Porn by Ethan J
Developing healthy habits is essential for long-term success and can help to improve overall wellbeing. This book focuses on creating mindful habits to help break free from unhealthy behaviours such as pornography consumption.- Create a supportive environment: Remind yourself that having healthy habits doesn’t just benefit your physical health, but also contributes to your mental wellbeing. Surround yourself with people who can support and encourage you in this new endeavor.
- Set reasonable goals: Break your overall goal of establishing healthier habits into smaller, more attainable chunks. Start small so that it feels easier to accomplish and celebrate each success along the way!
- Let go of any guilt: Don't beat yourself up over mistakes — everyone makes them. Instead use adversity as an opportunity to learn and remind yourself why you started developing healthier habits in the first place.
- Plan ahead: To make sure you never stumble backwards, create an action plan outlining what you will do when temptations arise and how you'll respond if you start feeling overwhelmed. Prepare ahead so that you stay focused on your larger picture objectives.
- Reward yourself: Celebrate your victories by rewarding yourself periodically -- whether it's taking a short break or giving yourself a pat on the back -- as this serves as motivation to reach bigger milestones.
- Persevere: There will be difficult days and moments when it seems like progress is too slow or that it might be easier to give up. However, remember that greatness takes patience and nothing worthwhile ever comes easy. With perseverance, anything is possible if you don't give up.
