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It’s easier to replace a bad habit with a new one, rather than totally getting rid of it. So, perhaps – replace the glass of wine with a walk, to move out that negative energy.

To shift your habit, you need to acknowledge it. This is really key if you want to change it. A great way to do that is to track your actions and see if you can find a pattern, e.g. having a glass of wine when you walk in the door at the end of the night, every time someone is shitty to you at work.

Changing habits requires two main components: the first is the actual change of the habit (adding a new one of tackling the removal of a negative habit), the second is changing of the mindset behind, under or around that habit. You can do them together, or consecutively. But, it won’t work if you don’t address both of these.

When things are getting stressful and we are not feeling on top of the world, we often get into the kind of thinking where we imagine our lives will be better when, if, the external world changes. When we get that job, that new car, that wedding ring on our finger.