Yes, habits is the thing. I heard before we are creature of habits and I tend to agree with that.

Just in time, i´m trying to quit smoking and i´m feeling hard as all the previous attempts.. the first step is to understand why is so hard, and this information open many doors.. thanks for sharing this

We humans are basically creatures of habit. So when we catch a habit either it being sleeping a lot or smoking etc it's very hard to change from it @doitvoluntarily

There's a saying when it comes to finance,

If you don't change, all you'll be left with is change in your pocket.

It's our upbringing, which often involves institutionalization of our youth, where they are taught what to think and not how to think. 
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Great post. A lot of the times, there will be resistance from your mind, specially if we talk about big change, because change can lead to something unknown and most are afraid about something that is unknown to us.

I do not like change at all but I know I desperately need to make some changes as far as eating healthier and to quit smoking its so hard but I will apply your tips and I will follow them because these things I mentioned must change . Thanks for your advice and that was a really good read have a good day! And if you ever come to the North Carolina mountains I will grill you up that steak! 😜

You raise some good points. To effect change in oneself, mindset is key. Another area that you bring up that I find to be a particular concern for myself,  is the avoidance of triggers as they can sometimes be very subtle. Triggers evoke emotional responses....for me can be as simple as a key phrase in a song, or a person just uttered that key phrase. I know what that phrase is. Bevause it immediately takes me back.  Could be as simple phrase as" pancakes and waffles ". Maybe the person was at IHOP right after every alcoholic binge

a very good write-up; you kept it simple and in plain non-pompous language; I like that!

It's very difficult to change the habit. For example, I'm used to late supper. I understand that it is harmful ... I need something to replace this habit, probably?

I think we cling on to our survival instincts and what we already know.
Its easy to do the same thing day in day out and to make changes needs work and effort. 
We feel safety in the things we know and are comfortable with. But we also feel a sense of achievement when we do make changes that work.
Change requires effort but people in general are lazy (including myself :)). But changes makes people grow.
We need change to move on as a species

There are many reason why we resist change.   I think of it as an old shoe.   You find comfort in that old shoe however you know you need new shoes.   Part of it is the lack of trust in what is new.   It could also be the learning curve.   And part of it is just pure laziness.   Great read.   Thanks for sharing.  I upvoted.

there is no right or wrong, only choices, and paths... 

People rarely change, we evolve from the foundation we are. 
Major change takes things like tragedy and unexpected life altering events, other than that, we almost never make hard lefts or hard rights in change, we evolve by making small corrections until we are on the new path. 

Most never change overnight, and we are hard on ourselves when we dont change. 

But we should really celebrate the evolution progress we made.. I may not have stopped smoking forever, but I now know i can stop for a month. That could evolve you towards 4 months and so on. 



today's path takes me over there.... 

the path of perception and perspective....

think of it like a compass.. if i need to go 1000 km north and my compass is off by just 1 simple degree ... when you have made your 1000 km.. you will be in a differnt place than where you thought you were heading.. 

small correction... equals change through evolving towards the person you want to be. But at your core, your foundation will always be the same. 

some might see it as a bad thing, some may see it as a good thing... it depends on your planning and understanding that simply, if you seek change it will happen... just keep at it... 

Life is mostly perception and perspective-
change your perception and perspective and I promise you can not stop change from happening.... making that first move is hard, no matter how small..

more importantly.... do nothing and change will still come... but you will have no control and usually no map (lost) ...


I will change for the moment and evolve for the future. 

Just my thoughts, they could evolve as I do ;-)

Kindest regards, 
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I like how you wrote that we should think about what we are going to replace the habit we want to change with..This is one of the steps that many of us leave out, and then we wonder why we make so little progress in our change..simply because it's harder to stick to not doing something when we don't keep ourselves busy with another.

Sometimes its even hard to change the diapers of grown people. :)

Thank you @doitvoluntarily. Very insightful post, thank you for sharing!

It’s really hard to change I felt you

Something's are easier said than done no matter how much we want to change the old us will tell us to change soon or change after something happens but why do we actually wait for something to change us , why not take an easier path and do it before something goes wrong . Why are humans like this...

I am young. Well consider myself to be. And i am afraid of change. I guess i am scared of the unknown. And i wonder if i will be able to cope with it? Maybe its the same for some of you too?

Awesome illustrations! Change is a funny request. We can change so much with the right motive. Truly it always takes an emotional connection to make it happen or divine intervention.

Thanks for sharing, it is really hard to change

Thanks for your post, to be reading record an opportunity in which I was in a course and spoke a little of this subject the speaker asked the people to change jobs, it was the second day and many people were reluctant to change places, That was the introduction to address the issue! I guto your post.
It is necessary to leave our comfort to make the changes.

Some of my biggest changes in my life were after several major setbacks as your refer to in this post. If you keep a positive attitude and continue to forge thru setbacks you can make a breakthru. Very important information you put out. Thanks for always making me think...:)

I think it's because the brain gets used to re-accessing the same neural pathways over and over again. Want change? Do meditation

UPVOTED AND FOLLOWED. Great post on change. I will take my time to go over it over and over again

nice writing !! great job wonderfull !

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I abhor change. But I have realized the last 3 years that it must be done whether I like it or not, in order to survive. 
It is very difficult at my age, but once it is done,I adjust. 
Things CAN be overcome. I am proof. Thanks for the article here. I really liked it.

Well written and could not agree more. I am currently in such situation where I know change is what I want and need to live my life in peace of mind. I guess travelling the world for a year did exactly as you say - change personal view and life goals... How my behavior is changing I am writing about on steemit - next to my travel experiences. I think this helps in being conscious about the change I am going through. So I could very much relate to your words. Thank you.

Thanks for this post @doitvoluntarily - my feelings and questions exactly. Have upvoted and resteemed

I think that the ***reason*** for change has to be larger than the obstacles to be overcome.

Not having an overarching reason sets people up for failure and people are REALLY averse to gasp, failing.

It's the fear of failure that often prevents people from attempting to change.

And many, if they do try, have a pre-conceived resignation to failure that limits their attempts to half-hearted efforts, at best.

Never failing means you've  never tried and I pity the poor souls who have succeeded on every first attempt in their lives, they're heading for a big fall.

I'm not such a big fan of Thomas Edison but I can still like some of his work.

>I have gotten lots of results!
I know several thousand things that won’t work! 
Thomas Edison

Change is 100% difficult. But once people learn how to do the uncomfortable until it becomes comfortable their entire life will transform. Thanks for sharing.

I liked a lot what you said about visualizing ourselves with success, and the importance of taking notice and avoiding the triggers for that "pleasure rewards" that we have programmed in our silly mind... I'm still trying to get rid of cigarettes, for the moment I only smoke 2 puffs at a time.... 😬 I buy packs less frequently for now... Thank you for sharing!

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