If I am able to change my sleep habit, I will be able to be healthier, more concentrated in school and, as a result, I will have better grades. On the other hand, I will spend less time with my family, I will have less time to go out to the movies, for example, and I will be absent when I can help others. In my chart, I present to have more importance in my pros than in my con, according to my scores from 1 to 5, because at the moment being healthier and do better in school is more important…
The third habit that I score 17 out of 18 points was sharpened the saw. Sharpen the saw Means self-renewal in the following areas of your life, Physical, Social/Emotional, Mental and Spiritual. Physical – We usually do not take the time take care of our physical self. I am guilty of such action. Instead of setting an hour a day to prepare healthier food, exercising or resting, I use to spend my downtime on the couch watching TV. The second sharpen the saw activity is social/emotional…
about it and say how unfair it is? Chances are venting your anger at your mom or brother didn’t help you resolve the issue. The first habit in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, by Sean Covey, can teach you ways to respond to your frustration in ways that will help you resolve your problems, instead of forcing your mom to ground you for the next week. The habit talks about being proactive instead of reactive. Being proactive means you take charge for your life, accepting responsibility and…
Choices Become Habits Which Become Lifestyles Stressed. Wobbly. Uneasy. Shaky. Triggered. Pull out cigarette. Light up. Inhale. Exhale. Function again. Repeat. And repeat. And repeat again to the point that even the slightest inconvenience is what prompt the cycle. This particular example is in reference to something that unfortunately a whopping “36.5 million Americans” (CDC article, sect. 2) suffer with-- the endless habit of smoking cigarettes. Although every single human being…
Every one of us have habits. Anything that is done over and over turns into a habit. When we get into a habit we do a thing without considering it. Habits may be great or terrible. In Chapter 9 in the book The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg depicts of ladies names Angie Bachmann who "lost everything," , her home to even a $1 million inheritance , while gambling, to the point she needed to file bankruptcy . Bachmann was completely mindful of her activities yet the casinos made gambling more…
[Opening statement] Human habit is good or evil depending on the cultural and community views. [Background] However, a habit negatively affects the loss of property and the spirit not only of oneself but also of others, it is obvious that a bad habit needs to be eliminated, although it is not easy to throw away because people who are entangled in this habit if they repeat it many times, they will become addicted. Gambling is one of the most common unwelcome habits in society. [Thesis statement]…
Life makes people make major decisions and some of those decisions will be for the better and some will make your life worse. Trauma can lead to having to make these decisions. Like if the everyone around you makes you angry in a major way you could choose to isolate yourself from them or you could face them and later move on from them. In the film “Finding Forrester” the director Gus Van Sant utilizes character development to suggest the idea that isolation is psychologically harmful to people.…
People have many habits that they have throughout their life, many have the habit of biting their nails when they’re nervous. Another example would be to follow the appropriate paths in life that will give them the best in life. However, the three habits that Junior achieved throughout the book are habits that improved his life. In the book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is about a young teenage boy named Junior who is being brought down by the past lives of his family members…
Aliefs are beliefs, a personal set of attitudes made up about different concepts, which are either habitual in nature or automatic. Aliefs become known to a person either consciously or unconsciously after being exposed to a situation that goes against prior beliefs. These aliefs are usually made up of a thought process through linked association. The example the article used was the drinking out of a bed pan. Based on what bed pans are used for, most people associate them with being dirty or…
Habituation is the psychological phenomenon of a decrease in response to a stimulus after repeated presentations, also known as the “tune out” phenomenon. A person might consider the ticking of a clock in a silent room as annoying but as time passes, the person might not hear it anymore or it might become soothing to them. In “Another Reason Why I Don’t Keep a Gun in the House”, Billy Collins’s attitude towards the barking dog changes from being irritated by the incessant barking in the…