Show I MAKING FAMILY LIFE t MORE FUN HOW TO BREAK BAD HABITS Almost everybody has at least one bad habit sometimes several And they're not easy to break An old Spanish proverb says Habits I are at first cobwebs then cables and you cant can't beat old Spanish proverbs for truth What exactly is a habit Most experts would define it as a a. a constantly repeated gesture mannerism or lr body motion which is either unconscious or orif if the person knows what hes he's doing and cant can't stop it compulsive Nervous habits include nail-biting nail grimacing yawn yawning yawning yawning ing twitching lips nodding heads raising eyebrows clenching fists Nervous habits habits hab hab- its are aggravated by poor general health inadequate nutrition emotional tantrums tantrums tantrums tan tan- nervous fatigue and can conflict met A bad habit may begin at ata a moment when a person seeks relief from anxiety too strong for him and the repeated gesture quickly be becomes ames an al unconscious response to anxiety Most people want t to to stop atop thell tB hab know hoy hov Among lh th-e th hab ts people seem to want most to break these days are smoking and eating fattening foods Forthe For Forthe Forthe the tense smoker who wh wants to break the habit t. t factors such suchs as as' as s' s work or home difficulties usually must be removed or he must adjust himself so as to be relatively free from tension Taking a long weekend away from Crom his usual haunts in a I relaxing thoroughly different setting such a as at a Holiday Inn can go a long way toward starting the habit breaking under the most pleasant conditions If hes he's enjoying himself while not smoking on an his fun weekend hell he'll possibly make enough progress so that he wont won't backslide once he returns to the old routine That goes galS for overeating too Swimming sightseeing relaxing in Holiday Inns Inn's charming surroundings can can compensate for fora a lot of food You dont don't have to tn cook so 80 you dont don't have to taste no refrigerator is at hand to be opened whenever you feel eel the urge In short temptation it is behind you and you dont don't even miss it And when youre you're e eating at Holiday Inn you can order t p the proper food for your diet diet diet- and stick tick with it more easily than at home S So if you have a abad abad abad bad habit to lose why dont don't you call Holiday Inn right now for fora a 1 r reservation io A A first step tep toward overcoming the inward need ned and the outward habit is to face it This brings the need neld to I Ithe the surface i William am Ja James es the famous psychologist believed tJ lifa s habit t forthe plo old i Habit 1 He ne I advocated these thee things tn to to remember 1 Take care to launch I yourself with as all strong an initiative as possible I 2 Never let an exception j t occur until the new habit i is s securely rooted in your our life 3 the first opportunity to act acton on every ever resolution you ou make mak Discipline and control r applied to even petty habits habit have ha a special reward Its It's like house houe fire insurance The payment does no good at the time and you may never see a return But if there is a fire lire your payment t may be your our salvation Someone has said that one of the terrible illusions of life liCe is l that we let think that the present hour is js not the critical decisive hour But it is isso so o now is the hour to break Ih that t bad habit |