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Getting Better Is Boring and Uncomfortable
Breaking Bad Habits and Prioritising Health
All of us have habits that we’d like to free ourselves from:
You might be reading this wanting to break a habit of chasing after unavailable people who are showing no signs they’re interested in you.
Or maybe you want to stop doom-scrolling your phone for hours and want to start a meditation practice.
Or maybe, if you’re like me right now, you might be stopping nicotine after a year-long addiction.
Whatever it is you’re trying to quit or start to enhance your wellbeing, I want to make something clear:
Getting better isn’t going to be easy.
It won’t be fun and you should expect discomfort and boredom.
But it’s worth it — if you stick with it.
Getting Better Is Boring
A week into quitting nicotine and aside from the urge I have to run down to the shop and buy a box of nicotine pouches and some brain fog that is making me think “Am I making any sense?” as I write this — I’m pretty bored, for the most part.
Before I quit I’d have lounged around on a Sunday with a nicotine pouch in my mouth, enjoying the dopamine hits that would enhance…
