Does habit equal addiction?

This article talks about the Siamese twins called Habit and Addiction, their similarity and how one should tackle them...

The oxford dictionary defines habit as a settled or regular tendency or practice or alternatively an addiction to drugs. Ok that was what the books told us, but lets see what I understood of the word habit, Habit is word or tendency such that when I remove the starting letter from it (i.e. H), I still have a-bit, if I remove the next letter (i.e. A), I am still left with bit, when I remove the next letter from that, I am left with it, I still keeping having it, now in my desperate attempt I remove the next letter from that (i.e. I), I am still left with T, i.e. tea or coffee whatever you prefer. So habit is one such word so well defined in the English literature that it doesn't make you feel like an addict nor does it sound insulting, an extremely polite way of saying, Yes, I am addicted to something.

Many people, including my clients keep asking me, How can I differentiate between a habit and an addiction? Well the answer is very simple, you can't, and you just can't differentiate between a habit and an addiction. They both mean exactly the same. Socially or rather politically, the word habit is considered to be more polite than the word addiction. In most cases, if not in all, habits are formed unknowingly and people involuntarily get habituated. Now why did I say that? Well in most cases you never understand your body and why is it demanding something. You just do it because your body demands it.

Accepting that you are addicted is the only way to conquering your fears. You need to realize, not assume, what you are habituated to. Getting rid of an addiction or a habit starts from knowing your body, understanding its needs. Bringing discipline in your life, is a more practical way to word it. You need to know that your body is not like any other machine that processes your food, but is way much more complex. You need to balance your sleep hours, eating habits, and recreation timings.

Loosing your addiction or habits is only half success, but maintaining it for life is your final success. So once you have won yourself against addiction, it is very important to maintain this victory. The key element that would keep you going on in this battle is that fact that you love yourself and you love your life. Boys like their toys and girls like their boys, a phrase that displays relation betweens the oddest of elements. Raising the bar is a very good thing, as humans are competitive but one must know when and where the word enough, in their line of life. You may not be the best but you are not bad either.

So, let me end this one here by saying, be in control of yourself and your life. They just give you one life, so don't let any habit manipulate it cause this is one place you never get a second chance.

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Am I addicted?

A question that pops up in your mind when you do a certain task very regularly with your understanding so as to why you are doing so in the first place. I have noticed in many situations that people never realize that they are addicted until they are told so. So how do people react when they are termed as addicted? A very obvious emotion seen is fright, or worry. Addiction is considered to be a disease that can't be cured. However, just like a coin addiction can be viewed with two different perspectives. A positive addiction is similar to a good habit that voluntarily or involuntarily done by a person. At the same time a negative addiction is just like habit that causes damage to self or others in a physical or psychological way.

Ok so I am addicted, can you help me? The answer to this question is NO. There are no drugs or special herbs that would come in handy in this situation. So how do I cure myself? The answer is in that question itself, i.e. I, yes only you can cure yourself. Learn to use the word NO; it's a small word with big impact. You have to be strong in your mind, don't let your sub-conscious mind control you but you control your sub-conscious mind. Whenever you are tempted to do one of those addicted tasks, be strong, understand the fact that it is wrong, and finally refrain from doing it. You may have mixed emotions in you mind that instance but don't you ever overlook the fact that you are now so proud of yourself, for saying NO, to all those addictive tasks.

Isn't that like so simple, so what is the catch? I spoke to few addicts, after they understood this procedure they agreed to follow it for a month to start with and then they would give me feedback on it. The day of the feedback I realized that many could successfully follow the procedure only for a week or even less, many very easily lied and later confessed, and there were some who just preferred continuing being an addict without even trying to see the other side of the world. Yes, it isn't as simple as it sounds. Controlling your sub-conscious mind isn't very simple.

So the question arises, how do I control my sub-conscious mind? Do I take relaxants or any other drugs? No don't need to start taking relaxants; you cannot stop one addiction by starting another. The idea out here is to always be in your conscious mind and not let your sub-conscious mind control you. You should be in peace with yourself; yes this is one very important thing. I would recommend yoga in the morning; a small session would do the trick. When you meditate I want you to remember all the good things that happened to you, all the bad things that happened to you, how would that change you, how would respond to things, this way I want you to reflect on your past, and cure the wounds, so that your past positively influences your present. When you do this exercise regularly, it also presets you in an active mode when you start your day, rather than a passive mode.

As they say, winning someone's trust is hard, but keeping that trust maintained is even harder. This phrase also applies in our situation too, as coming out of an addiction is hard but maintaining that life long is even harder. So let us see some sarcastic do's and dont's. If you are tempted towards an addictive task, don?t feel bad that?s just human, but you saying NO is just divine. For every addictive action, there is an equal and opposite guideline. If you feel defeated, complaining would just not help, just work harder. If they call you a geek because you quit an addiction, times are changing, geeks are cooler now-a-days. Every person in an addictive state tends to remain in that state unless an external force is applied to it.

I would like to conclude saying, be strong and stay strong. It is hard and it even gets harder, but its totally worth it.

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Is 24 hours less for a day?

This article briefs you about how lack of time management could cause you ample of stress. In addition it also explains how time management would differ in the different phases of life. Secondly it introduces you to the different techniques used in successful time management that is practiced by many.

In my recent survey about causes of stress, I realized a major issue that was ignored by many. Bad time management; this is what many volunteers indicated in the survey. A good analysis of the survey results showed how crucial part time management had in the cause of daily incurred stress. So in this article I would like to elaborate on the different phases in an individual's life and how they manage time then.

In the school days, like many I was an average student too. What I lacked was time management as seen in many brilliant students. I used to attend school, come back home, and occasionally study or revise what was done in school, play around or do some leisure activities, eat up my dinner and off I went to bed. What is the point of all this, at the teenage phase in your life, many tend to ignore the value of time. Many take life as it comes without any planning and without any goals. If you are a keen observer you would notice that your teenage cousin or kid in the next block would be very often found playing at evenings at a particular time. So the point assumed by many about kids or teenagers not planning their day out, is totally wrong. They do plan their day, however they do so with prioritizing different elements, like play time, or party time, or even time to eat. This however is very different compared to any adolescent, and how one would prioritize and plan in that phase of life. Time management for an adolescent would be completely different as they would prioritize on elements like college work, friends, interest groups, or even study groups, are more complex compared to before. As you go the next phase of life the number of elements keeps increasing and to prioritize according to these elements becomes intricate.

Humans crave for the best; and after getting the best they still would never be satisfied. A constant crave for success is what an average man would strive for everyday. In the process many things are streamlined like, friends, relatives, or even dear loved ones. This is where most of the problems begin from. Friends may feel that you are become too arrogant enough to talk. Relatives may be angry with you for months and still won?t say a word, worrying that it might affect your career. Dear loved ones like your spouse, fiance or someone you are going out with would just be victimized due to your ignorance. At many cases the communication reduces to such an extent that, you never know that you are wrong until the very end, when things are irreversible.

Trust me on this one; twenty four hours are not less for a day. You are so focused at a certain task that you tend to forget, overlook, or even avoid the other tasks that are given to you or you are responsible for. The only solution here is to keep peace with your mind. You have to learn the art of channeling your mind at any and every task given to you. For example if you are working on a class project for three hours in a day, you should learn how to schedule your work in those three hours only. Once those three hours are over you should learn how to divert yourself into another task and channeling your mind there. This is important because in most cases when you are doing a task you still are physically present but mentally mental; mental because you are still constantly thinking about your previous task which you left. This could affect your performance, and in most cases it does.

Now the question is how one should make a healthy transition between one task and another. There are many simple solutions that are hard to implement. I still call them simple because they are simple to understand and hard because they are hard to get into your daily life. Reading a novel, always is an old school way of having a transition between any two phases. A good example would be, coming back from work and reading a Chicken Soup novel or any other of self choice and then spending time with your folks or spouse and later having a nice sleep. Once could also use music, either listen to or play some gentle music. A good example would be coming back from college and playing some guitar before you could start off your next task. This helps ease out all tensions and stress and prepares you for your next task. Sports also is an excellent alternative, however many have their reasons so as to why sports could not be an option that would opt for.

But in the end of the day any relaxant used to have a healthy transition between phases is your choice; all have their positives and negatives. So choose wisely, after all I can only show you the path; you have to walk through it.

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