7 Ways You Can Get Back on Track After Slipping Into Bad Habits
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I call it the habit death spiral.
You’re in the process of trying to form good habits, reach a long-term goal, and/or maintain the good habits you already do have. Things have been going well for a while until you reach that fateful day.
Diet and exercise is the obvious example here. You got the routine going a little bit, but then one day you just don’t feel like going to the gym, so you don’t go. You have Tupperware filled with your prepped meals, but you order some takeout instead.
Normally, you’d be at the gym right now, but you’re currently watching Netflix and eating a Buffalo chicken sandwich. You tell yourself “ah, it’s just one day. Gotta live a little. I’ll be fine.”
All of a sudden, this slip-up day becomes a groundhog day. You repeat the process over and over again until you’ve fallen completely into a cycle of bad habits — the habit death spiral.
How do you escape?
How do you get back on track after falling into bad habits?
Habits have been covered from top to bottom, right-left, and sideways. But, since they’re so difficult to master, another article on the subject won’t hurt. As always, I’ll try to provide…
