Comments on: How To Kick That Habit’s Ass (When It’s Been Beating Yours)

By: early to rise « In Other Words

early to rise « In Other Words — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:17:05 +0000

[...] a month to establish a new habit (and break an old one, I suppose. Dave has a good article about kicking bad habits, [...]

By: Kara

Kara — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:32:11 +0000

I had myself convinced that I didn’t have enough time to exercise.

But when I just couldn’t take the tight pants anymore I decided to take up jogging. Taking the kids with me didn’t work. After my husband was home in the evenings, going out into the scary dark night alone wasn’t working for me either. So now I get up early to go. And it’s working!

If I can do that, I can figure out why I’m not getting much writing done and find a way to overcome that too.

This post is so true. When I tell myself, “I can’t”, I have to stop and think, “No, I can if I want to bad enough.”

By: How to Break your Bad Habits | SPIRITED

How to Break your Bad Habits | SPIRITED — Wed, 21 May 2008 21:20:33 +0000

[...] Navarro of Rock your Day, wrote a post about how he declares war on his bad habits in an effort to overcome them. It got me thinking about [...]

By: Dave Navarro

Dave Navarro — Wed, 21 May 2008 09:44:25 +0000

@Clay –
Glad you liked. Agree about external goals. Hard to get fired up about things you know deep down don’t matter. But the things that do? No Mercy.

@Melissa –
Great to see you here. Also agree 100%.

*bock bock*? Haven’t heard that one before. Am I behind the times? :-p

By: Melissa (Pronoia) Pierce

Melissa (Pronoia) Pierce — Tue, 20 May 2008 03:00:32 +0000

Hard to follow up Clay Collins’s genius renegade but here goes:

Yes, Fuckin’ right on! You go, Rock out with your *bock bock* out, all that rad stuff we say when we’re in the moment of total domination of ALL.

The thing is, and I’m about to get touchy feely here so watch out: If you aren’t feelin’ the high of overcoming your inner gremlin’ – your war is totally pointless, your war is lost, your war is over. No matter what your saying or thinking to yourself – if you can’t back that up with a heart on fire, even if your war is just getting out of the friggin’ bed in the morning, your war is a waste of your precious time.

By: Clay Collins | The Growing Life

Clay Collins | The Growing Life — Tue, 20 May 2008 02:40:27 +0000

I like this article a lot. Some goals just simply are worth this kind of tenacity (especially when it comes to quitting addictions). A lot of times, however, we have problems with our goals because they simply aren't our goals (i.e. they've been externally imposed) and we don't care about them enough. It's important to know the difference. I like the idea of anticipating contingencies and making plans for overcoming them. Clay Collins | The Growing Life's last blog post..Alternative Lifestyle Designing (The Rabbit Hole Tax and Baselining)

By: Brett Legree

Brett Legree — Tue, 20 May 2008 02:20:33 +0000

@Dave,

Everyone is at home trying to kick a bad habit in the a$$, and it isn’t easy… hey, it’s also the long weekend up here, maybe a lot of your readers are Canadian and we were all out drinking Labatt 50 in the rain

Brett Legree’s last blog post..running debrief – the five year plan.

By: Dave Navarro

Dave Navarro — Tue, 20 May 2008 02:13:01 +0000

@Brett -
Quiet thread today … kind of eerie in the face of the previous few posts

By: Brett Legree

Brett Legree — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:54:50 +0000

@Dave,

Aggressive is just what the doctor ordered, sometimes. Can’t make an omelet without breaking eggs.

I hear you… Tyler’s been hanging out on the corner, right in front of my house. I’ve seen him…

Brett Legree’s last blog post..running debrief – the five year plan.

By: Dave Navarro

Dave Navarro — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:55:08 +0000

@Brett –
Glad you like. The post may be aggressive, but that’s b/c the habit I’m changing demands it.

Get to it. Tyler’s coming to check on you in 7 days, and he knows where you live.