Focus on behaviors you can control not outcomesĪccording to Petitpain, we should be very specific when setting goals and have realistic expectations. "If you have a habit of laying in bed scrolling through your phone instead of getting more sleep, power down your device when you lock up your residence or tuck in your kids," she said. If your routine is to pour an alcoholic drink as soon as you have finished your dinner, try heading outside and doing a brisk 10-minute walk instead, even if you have to leave the washing undone temporarily. "Maybe you walk all the way around to a back door and head to your bedroom to change into comfortable clothes or walk in through a garage and head straight to greet your excited pet." Alternatively, you can break a bad habit by slightly altering ingrained routines.įor example, "if you typically walk in from work and head straight to the kitchen to grab a snack, change which door you walk in through and which room you enter first," Petitpain said.
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How to Manage COVID Related Anxiety If You Never Had It Beforeĭebbie Petitpain, a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, told Newsweek one helpful approach is to start adding a new habit to a ritual that you already perform-this is known as "habit stacking."įor example, while your coffee brews, you could drink a large cup of plain water to start the day hydrated.
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