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Breaking Bad Habits: How to Conquer Yourself

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Her Campus Placeholder Avatar Camilla States
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at C of C chapter.

 

Often times, your own worst enemy is yourself. Our bad habits or specific ways of thinking do not truly disappear without effort on our part. They linger around and it is up to us to learn to control them. We strive for good habits, but sometimes they seem impossible to grasp. Plato said, “The first and best victory is to conquer self.” This is true, but in order to succeed one must have discipline. Self-discipline is a channel through which one attains success, triumph, and true accomplishment. 

Habits and self-discipline go hand in hand. One cannot be achieved without the other. Habits are what make us who we are. In order to do well these habits must help us stay focused. Bad habits on the other hand can lead to setbacks and downward spirals. 

Whether you want to practice controlled spending, efficient study habits, a healthier lifestyle, or learn and explore a new talent, you will find yourself well on the way to becoming a changed person. Just take a personal challenge and commit yourself, to yourself! This soul searching time period will be different for everyone. You are so much stronger than you think you are! 

 

 

Here’s just a small part of what you can begin to put to work TODAY:

  • The foundation of all your bad habits and how to overcome them 
  • Why willpower is not enough to break bad habits
  • What works better than willpower 
  • How to transform your life and yourself into a disciplined, success machine
  • The key habits to greatly increase your earning potential
  • What is the right support system and how to create it
  • How to engage in a healthy change of your negative thoughts and feelings
  • The secret to dramatically improve your personal relationships
     
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Camilla States is a member of the class of 2015 at The College of Charleston.  She hails from the seaside town of Gloucester, Massachusetts, where she enjoys spending her summers on both land and sea.  A Communications major also pursuing a minor in Political Science, Camilla aspires for a future career in broadcast or print journalism. She is also studying Modern Standard Arabic, with hopes of one day becoming proficient in the language. From a young age, Camilla has held a fascination for world geography and foreign cultures.  She hopes to someday traverse the world, from New England to New Zealand and everywhere in between.